Table 2.
Blood products given to patients (n=84 in each group) during their perioperative course
| Blood product received
|
Control
|
Intraoperative cell salvage
|
Combined treatment
|
Kruskal-Wallis P value
|
Intraoperative cell salvage*v control
|
Combined treatment v intraoperative cell salvage*
|
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Odds ratio (95% CI)
|
Wald test P value
|
Odds ratio (95% CI)
|
Wald test P value
|
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| Allogeneic blood: | |||||||||
| No of patients | 43 | 26 | 29 | 0.43 (0.23-0.80) | 0.008 | 1.18 (0.62-2.24) | 0.622 | ||
| Mean (SD) No of units received per patient | 1.07 (1.56) | 0.68 (1.55) | 0.63 (1.22) | 0.015 | |||||
| Range | 0-8 | 0-11 | 0-8 | ||||||
| Fresh frozen plasma: | |||||||||
| No of patients | 13 | 14 | 13 | 1.1 (0.47-2.53) | 0.831 | 0.91 (0.40-2.11) | 0.831 | ||
| Mean (SD) No of units received per patient | 0.49 (1.25) | 0.57 (1.47) | 0.43 (1.12) | 0.952 | |||||
| Range | 0-6 | 0-8 | 0-6 | ||||||
| Platelets: | |||||||||
| No of patients | 15 | 11 | 15 | 0.68 (0.29-1.62) | 0.386 | 1.46 (0.62-3.47) | 0.386 | ||
| Mean (SD) No of units received per patient | 0.29 (0.67) | 0.20 (0.62) | 0.31 (0.81) | 0.601 | |||||
| Range | 0-3 | 0-4 | 0-4 | ||||||
| No of patients given any blood product | 47 | 32 | 33 | 0.47 (0.25-0.89) | 0.019 | 1.05 (0.56-1.98) | 0.872 | ||
*
Controlled for surgeon.