Descriptive statistics for the 50 patients studied
| Data are mean (SD) or number. | |
| CABG, coronary artery bypass grafting; PaCo2, arterial carbon dioxide pressure; Pao2, arterial oxygen pressure. | |
| Age (years) | 64.6 (11.2) |
| Weight (kg) | 81.0 (14.7) |
| Height (cm) | 172 (8.4) |
| Ejection fraction (%) | 50 (13) |
| Packed cell volume | 0.32 (0.049) |
| Core temperature (°C) | 35.8 (0.7) |
| PaCo2 (mm Hg) | 38.5 (1.4) |
| Pao2 (mm Hg) | 246.4 (94.5) |
| History of hypertension | 47 |
| CABG planned | 49 |
| Cardiac output (l/min) | 4.3 (1.4) |