Blood Loss
There was no difference in estimated blood loss (mL/kg) and calculated blood loss (mL/kg) between the two groups (Table 4). Intraoperative calculated blood loss overall for all patients was 34 mL/kg, which equated to 44% blood volume loss. Postoperative calculated blood loss was 12 mL/kg for the entire study cohort, amounting to 15% blood volume loss. There was slightly more drain output recorded in the EACA group during the 48 to 72 postoperative hours but no difference was observed for total drain output.