Table 4.

Resuscitation Strategies

	Overall (n = 126)	Restrictive (n = 85)	Liberal (n = 41)	p value
Intraoperative fluids
Mean, SD	7.1 ± 3.1	5.5 ± 2.2	9.2 ± 1.9	<0.001
Median [Range]	5.9 [2 - 17]	5 [2 - 7]	9 [8 - 17]	<0.001
Anesthesia time	9.1 ± 2.9	8.9 ± 3	9.3 ± 2.8	0.318
Estimated blood loss (mls)	253 ± 135	256 ± 130	244 ± 147	0.640
Estimated blood loss (mls/kg/hr)	0.35 ± .12	0.36 ± 0.11	0.34 ± 0.13	0.640
Episodes of hypertension [n (%)]	99 (78.6)	65 (76.5)	34 (82.9)	0.408
Use of pressors [n (%)]	8 (6.3)	4 (4.7)	4 (9.8)	0.436
Intraoperative urine output	0.6 ± 0.02	0.7 ± 0.02	0.6 ± 0.01	0.332
Blood transfusion [units, n (%)]
0	114 (90.5)	81 (95.3)	33 (80.5)
1	4 (3.2)	0 (0.0)	4 (9.8)
2	8 (6.3)	4 (4.7)	4 (9.8)	0.006
Albumin intraoperative [n (%)]	61 (48.4)	36 (42.4)	25 (61.0)	0.049

Intraoperative fluids reported in mls/kg/hour.

Anesthesia time reported in hours.

Intraoperative urine output Output reported in mls/kg/hour.

All values are reported in mean ± standard deviation unless stated otherwise.