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Table 1 Demographics and preoperative measurements of the patients.

From: Preoperative Acute Normovolaemic Hemodilution (ANH) in combination with Hypotensive Epidural Anaesthesia (HEA) during knee arthroplasty surgery. No effect on transfusion rate. A randomized controlled trial [ISRCTN87597684]

 

ANH

Non-ANH

P

n

14

14

 

Sex, F/M

10/4

11/3

1.00

Age, yr

75.8 (6.4)

70.1 (9.6)

0.08

Weight, kg

75 (11.5)

76 (13.2)

0.81

Height, cm

166 (8)

166 (10)

0.98

ASA (median (range))

2 (1–2)

2 (1–2)

0.75

Mean arterial blood pressure, mmHg

103 (12)

118 (19)

0.02*

Total blood volume, mL

4471 (809)

4446 (736)

0.93

  1. ANH: Acute normovolaemic hemodilution; non-ANH: No acute normovolaemic hemodilution; Mean (SD) * significance