Table 3.

Transfusion Rates and Hemoglobin Changes

	Ketorolac (n = 43)	Control (n = 31)	P
ACVR/PCVR ratio	19/24	24/7	<0.01*
Operative time (min)	320	319	0.96
Crystalloid use (ml/kg)	95 ± 27	87 ± 27	0.19
Colloid use (ml/kg)	9.5 ± 7.8	5.1 ± 6	0.01*
Recycled autologous cell volume (ml/kg)	8.8 ± 6.7	6.7 ± 4.2	0.13
Estimated blood loss (ml)	308	304	0.95
Intraoperative transfusion rate	16% (7/43)	29% (9/31)	0.25
Postoperative transfusion rate	1/43 (2%)	2/31 (6%)	0.56
Mean first postoperative Hgb value (g/dl)	9.2	9.7	0.21
Mean discharge Hgb value (g/dl)	8.2	9.1	0.02*
Decrease in Hgb	10%	6.7%	0.1

^*P < 0.05.

Hgb, hemoglobin.