Table 2

Changes observed in ventricular outputs and pulsatility indices with progressive increase in haematocrit

ID	Steps	RVOw (ml)	ΔRVOw (ml)	LVOw (ml)	ΔLVOw (ml)	daPI	ΔdaPI	cPI	ΔcPI	uPI	ΔuPI
LAO	1B	153		102		1.11		2.0		0.60
NOR	1B	235		135		1.45		1.74		0.33
QUE	1B	257		234		2.03		1.91		0.75
TAN	1B	112		67		1.26		1.29		0.51
URU	1B	193		115		0.81		1.52		0.40
LAO	2M	161	8	103	1	1.51	0.40	2.52	0.52	0.44	−0.16
NOR	2M	165	−71	101	−34	1.03	−0.42	1.81	0.08
QUE	2M	242	−14	154	−80	0.93	−1.10	1.89	−0.02	0.74	0.00
TAN	2M	108	−5	55	−13	1.39	0.13	1.71	0.42	0.62	0.10
URU	2M	109	−85	121	6	1.02	0.21	1.60	0.08	0.84	0.44
LAO	3H	114	−39	73	−29	1.54	0.43	3.70	1.70	0.39	−0.21
NOR	3H	133	−102	89	−46	0.87	−0.58	2.18	0.45	0.35	0.02
QUE	3H	225	−31	134	−100	0.98	−1.05	2.87	0.96	0.73	−0.02
TAN	3H	74	−39	34	−33	1.21	−0.05	3.63	2.34	0.64	0.13
URU	3H	131	−63	104	−11	0.98	0.17	1.65	0.13	0.78	0.38
	AVG (B)	190.14		130.7		1.33		1.69		0.52
	STD	59		62.6		0.46		0.29		0.16
	AVG (M)	156.8	−33.4	106.7	−24	1.18	−0.15	1.91	0.22	0.66	0.10
	STD	55.1	41.6	36	34.7	0.26	0.61	0.36	0.24	0.17	0.26
	AVG (H)	135.3	−54.9	86.8	−43.9	1.12	−0.22	2.81	1.11	0.58	0.06
	STD	55.7	29.1	36.9	33.7	0.27	0.6	0.90	0.2	0.22
Friedman ANOVA	p	0.05		0.05		>0.05		0.015		>0.05

B, M and H: basal, moderate, and high haematocrit, respectively; RVOw: right ventricular output/kg; LVOw: left ventricular output/kg; daPI, cPI, and uPI: pulsatility index in descending aorta, carotid, and umbilical arteries, respectively.