Table 2.

Primary and secondary outcomes

	Intervention group (n = 17)	Control group (n = 17)	P value
Peak lactate levels (mmol/L)	1.4 ± 1.0	1.2 ± 0.5	0.98^b
Duration of hypotension (min/h)	7.7 ± 5.0	17.1 ± 10.6	0.003^b
Intraoperative fluid balance (mL/kg/h)	4.3 ± 1.3	7.2 ± 3.3	0.003^b
Intraoperative urine output (mL/kg/h)	0.9 ± 0.8	1.2 ± 1.0	0.42^a
Postoperative complication rate (%)	0	0	> 0.99^c

Values are expressed as mean ± standard deviation or percentage

^aP values were calculated using Student’s t test

^bP values were calculated using Mann-Whitney test

^cP values were calculated using Fisher’s exact test