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Section Type: RESULTS

Text: After CPB, patients receiving continuous ultrafiltration had a shorter time to extubation, postoperative ventilation time and ICU and hospital length of stay (p < 0. 01), lower bleeding (p < 0. 01), greater rise in hematocrit (11. 3 % + / - 2. 39 % v 4. 7 % + / - 1. 22 %, p = 0. 001) and platelet count (7. 0 + / - 3. 0 v 0. 8 + / - 0. 21 10 (4) / micromL, p = 0. 001), higher albumin levels (p < 0. 001), and lower plasma levels of bilirubin, aminotransferase, alkaline phosphatase, and gamma-glutamyl transpeptidase (p < 0. 02).