Table 2 Intra-operative and post-operative data

Intra-operative data

 Surgery duration (minutes)

228 (210–243)

210 (175–246)

0.40

 Aortic cross clamp time (minutes)

50 (38–69)

52 (40–64)

0.93

 Vasopressors

15

19

0.08

 Estimated blood loss (ml)

725 (462–1,188)

925 (500–1,425)

0.53

 Crystalloid (ml)

2,050 (1,200–2,650)

1,650 (1,050–2,088)

0.03

 Colloid (ml)

500 (500–675)

1,000 (750–1,250)

<0.001

 Urine output (ml)

226 (178–322)

195 (94–315)

0.29

Post-operative data

 Total crystalloid (l)

13.4 ± 6.8

11.8 ± 4.4

0.79

 Total colloid (ml)

595 ± 366

1,298 ± 667

<0.001

 Enteral nutrition (days)

3 (2–4)

3 (2–4)

0.44

 Full diet (days)

5 (4–7)

4 (3–6)

0.43

 Hospital LOS (days)

8 (6–12)

8 (7–13)

0.73