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Table 1 Patient characteristics

From: Effects of goal-directed fluid management guided by a non-invasive device on the incidence of postoperative complications in neurosurgery: a pilot and feasibility randomized controlled trial

Variable

GDHT

(n = 17)

STANDARD

(n = 17)

p

Age, y

56.9 ± 16.8

58.4 ± 9.5

0.881

Sex

  

0.398

 Male

2 (11.8)

5 (29.4)

 

 Female

15 (88.2)

12 (70.6)

 

ASA

  

0.779

 I

1 (5.9)

1 (5.9)

 

 II

9 (52.9)

7 (41.2)

 

 III

7 (41.2)

9 (52.9)

 

Comorbidities

 Arterial hypertension

10 (58.8)

11 (64.7)

0.724

 Ischemic heart disease

3 (17.6)

2 (11.8)

0.628

 Diabetes mellitus

4 (23.5)

2 (11.8)

0.358

 Severe pulmonary disease

0

0

-

 Indication for surgery

  

1.0

 Primary brain tumor

17

16

 

 Metastastic tumor

0

1

 
  1. Continuous data are expressed as mean ± standard deviation. Categorical data are expressed as the number of patients (percentage)
  2. Abbreviations: ASA American Society of Anaesthesiologists