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Table 1 Preoperative clinical characteristics of the study participants

From: Effects of irrigation fluid temperature during flexible ureteroscopic holmium laser lithotripsy on postoperative fever and shivering: a randomized controlled trial

 

37 °C (n = 37)

27 °C (n = 35)

17 °C (n = 36)

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Male, n (%)

20 (54.1%)

16 (45.7%)

19 (52.8%)

0.750

Female, n (%)

17 (45.9%)

19 (54.3%)

17 (47.2%)

Age (years)

42.8 ± 12.3

44.9 ± 13.1

44.3 ± 11.7

0.758

Body mass index (kg/m2)

24.11 ± 2.88

24.17 ± 2.69

24.26 ± 3.02

0.973

Preoperative creatinine (µ mol/L)

93.0 ± 19.0

92.6 ± 20.0

94.1 ± 18.6

0.942

ASA grade, n (%)

I

23 (62.2%)

21 (60.0%)

20 (55.6%)

0.843

II

14 (37.8%)

14 (40.0%)

16 (44.4%)

Stone location, n (%)

Kidney

9 (24.3%)

7 (20.0%)

11 (30.6%)

0.830

Ureter

9 (24.3%)

8 (22.9%)

6 (16.7%)

Kidney and ureter

19 (51.4%)

20 (57.1%)

19 (52.7%)

Stone burden (mm2)

109 (40–266)

123 (48–304)

140 (45–266)

0.670

  1. Data are presented as n (%), mean ± standard deviation or median (range). ASA, American Society of Anesthesiologists