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The primary trial outcome of days in hospital after surgery
| Fluid loading (n = 55) |
Fluid control (n = 54) |
Effect size | Bootstrap 95% CI |
P-value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Days in hospital after surgery | |||||
| mean (SD) | 12.2 (11.5) | 17.4 (20.0) | 5.50 | -0.44, 11.44 | 0.070 |
| median (IQR) | 8.8 (6.9,13.0) |
11.0 (7.8, 18.9) |
2.2 | ||
CI, confidence interval; IQR, interquartile range; SD, standard deviation.
The effect size is the difference in means adjusted for minimisation covariates.
