Table 1.

Demographic and surgery related characteristics in SpHb monitoring group and Standard care group

	SpHb monitoring group (n = 32)	Standard care group (n = 37)
Sex, n
Women	26 (81.25%)	30 (81.08%)
Men	6 (18.75%)	7 (18.92%)
Age, y	51.5 ± 13.8	50.4 ± 14.4
Body weight, kg	61.8 ± 15.0	58.9 ± 10.4
Type of surgery, n
Cytoreductive surgery	21 (65.63%)	26 (70.27%)
Spinal surgery	11 (34.37%)	11 (29.73%)
Preoperative hemoglobin, g/dl	11.4 ± 1.0	11.7 ± 1.2
Intraoperative blood loss, ml	600 (400 to 1000)	600 (400 to 1000)
Intraoperative blood loss over 15% of total blood volume, n	19 (59.38%)	22 (59.50%)
End of surgery, n
Transferred to ICU	10 (31.25%)	13 (35.14%)
Back to ward	22 (68.75%)	24 (64.86%)

Data are expressed as the number of cases (%), the mean ± SD or the median (interquartile range). Abbreviations: ICU intensive care units