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. 2023 Mar 31;66(2):E170–E180. doi: 10.1503/cjs.010021

Table 4.

Perioperative surgical outcomes for patients who received or did not receive a direct oral anticoagulant

Study Time to surgery, mean ± SD (range), h Surgical duration, mean ± SD,* h Change in postoperative hemoglobin level, mean ± SD (range), g/L Change in postoperative hemoglobin level, mean, % pRBC transfusion, no. of patients 30-day mortality, no. of patients






Control DOAC Control DOAC Control DOAC Control DOAC Control DOAC Control DOAC
Schermann et al.,20 2019

 CRIF 31.2 ± 22.2 40.2 ± 26.9 110.7 ± 48.9 NR NR 24.0 22.6 77 5 43 4

 HA 36.3 ± 25.8 42.3 ± 27.3 126.2 ± 39.8 NR NR 21.0 21.7 36 3 30 2

Schuetze et al.,29 2019 8.2 (1.3–23.9) 9.5 (2.3–24.0) NR NR NR NR NR NR 24 20 NR NR

Franklin et al.,14 2018 21.4 ± 12.4 28.9 ± 11.8 93.5 ± 44.2 82.7 ± 37.9 30 ± 2.0 32 ± 1.4 NR NR 6 25 12 1

Mullins et al.,27 2018 19 (3–44)* 19 (7–64)* NR NR 23 (1–47) 23 (0–49) NR NR 6 11 5 1

Weighted total, no. (%) 30.2 29.3 114.8 120.9 29.2 29.3 23.0 22.3 149 (8.6) 64 (29.1) 90 (5.6) 8 (4.7)

CRIF = closed reduction internal fixation; DOAC = direct oral anticoagulant; HA = hemiarthroplasty; NR = not recorded; pRBC = packed red blood cells; SD = standard deviation.

*

Reported as median and range.

Weighted mean does not include the study by Mullins and colleagues.27