Table 5.

Administration of fluid boluses, blood transfusion and the reasons for giving excess fluid in the study population

Fluid type	M + 5%–7.5% n = 56	>M + 7.5% n = 24	P value
Isotonic saline bolus	9 (16.07)	19 (79.16)	< 0.0001
Dextran bolus	4 (7.14)	11 (45.83)	< 0.0001
Blood transfusion	0 (0)	2 (8.3)	0.09
Reasons for administering excess fluid identified from the patient data
Reduced urine output	36 (65.4)	6 (25)
Narrow Pulse Pressure	11 (20)	15 (62.5)
Rising PCV	5 (9.0)	1 (4.16)
Shock	0 (0)	2 (8.33)
Reason not identified	4 (7.14)	0 (0)

All values are given as frequency (%). Analysed by chi-squared test or fisher’s exact test as appropriate