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Table 3 The volume of intraoperative guided infusion of crystalloids and colloids in transesophageal Doppler (TED) group versus pleth variability index (PVI) group

From: Transesophageal Doppler corrected flow time versus plethysmography variability index for goal-directed fluid management in cirrhotic patients during liver resection: a randomized controlled trial

 

Group

p-value

TED

PVI

Crystalloid (ml)

n

20

20

Ζ(MW) = 1.035

p = 0.301 NS

• Min-max

2000.00–500.00

2000.00–3500.00

• Mean ± std. deviation

2975.00 ± 715.89

2750.00 ± 444.26

 

• 95% CI for mean

2639.952–3310.047

2542.079–2957.920

 

• Median (IQR)

3000.00 (2500.00–3500.00)

2500.00 (2500.00–3000.00)

 

• KS test of normality

D = 0.168, p = 0.140 NS

D = 0.263, p = 0.001*

 

Colloids (ml)

n

18

18

Ζ(MW) = 1.418

p = 0.156 NS

• Min-max

500.00–1000.00

500.00–1500.00

• Mean ± std. deviation

666.67 ± 242.54

805.56 ± 303.84

 

• 95% CI for mean

546.05–787.27

654.45–956.65

 

• Median (IQR)

500.00 (500.00–1000.00)

1000.00 (500.00–1000.00)

 

• KS test of normality

D = 0.421, p = 0.000*

D = 0.294, p = 0.000*

 
  1. Abbreviations: n, number of patients; min-max, minimum-maximum; CI, confidence interval; IQR, interquartile range; KS, Kolmogorov-Smirnov; MW, Mann-Whitney U-test; *statistically significant (p < 0.05); NS, statistically not significant (p ≥ 0.05)