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Section Type: RESULTS

Text: Aprotinin decreased the estimated intraoperative blood loss (p = 0. 02 for the low-dose group, p = 0. 04 for the medium-dose group, and p = 0. 1 for the high-dose group), the measured postoperative drainage volume (p = 0. 4 for the low-dose group, p = 0. 006 for the medium-dose group, and p = 0. 000 for the high-dose group), and the mean reduction in the hemoglobin level on the second postoperative day (thirty-four grams per liter for the placebo group, twenty-eight grams per liter for the low-dose group [p = 0. 000], twenty-six grams per liter for the medium-dose group [p = 0. 000], and twenty-three grams per liter for the high-dose group [p = 0. 0001).