Table 2.

Incidence of adverse events during the postoperative period 

Adverse event	Number of patients (%)	Median total amount of fluid received ml/kg in those with the adverse outcome	Median total amount received in the group who did not develop the adverse outcome	Difference in fluid administered and development of an adverse outcome?
Pulmonary oedema	14 (14)	353	386	No (p = 0.27)
Hypertension	53 (52)	367	395	No (p = 0.28)
Oxygen requirement	31 (30)	361	393	No (p = 0.15)
Unexpected PICU admssion	9 (9)	355	388	No (p = 0.40)