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Table 1 Patient demographics and surgical characteristics

From: Clinical and economic impact of goal-directed fluid therapy during elective gastrointestinal surgery

 

GDFT

(n = 201)

Traditional

(n = 200)

p value

Sex (male/female, n)

116/85

125/75

0.328

Age (mean ± SD, year)

62.7 ± 12.2

62.2 ± 12.3

0.697

Height (mean ± SD, cm)

161.1 ± 7.3

162.0 ± 7.5

0.243

Weight (mean ± SD, kg)

57.1 ± 9.9

60.3 ± 10.9

0.002

ASA physical status (II/III/IV, n)

140/58/3

154/44/2

0.248

Comorbidities

 Coronary artery disease (yes/no, n)

12/189

14/186

0.675

 Hypertension (yes/no, n)

50/151

48/152

0.838

 Diabetes mellitus (yes/no, n)

22/179

18/182

0.516

 Surgical type (gastric/small bowel/colonic/rectal, n)

34//3/70/94

46/1/67/86

0.228

 Surgical approach (open/laparoscopic, n)

23/178

21/179

0.763

 Arterial line inserted (yes/no, n)

201/0

183/17

< 0.001

 Surgical duration (median (IQR), min)

219 (180–268)

220 (180–260)

0.327