Table 3.
Baseline characteristics of patients with splanchnic vein thrombosis diagnosed before transplantation surgery according to whether or not they received anticoagulation
| Anticoagulation | p Value | ||
| No (n = 10) | Yes (n = 19) | ||
| Age (y) | 52 (5.7) | 48.7 (7.5) | 0.22 |
| Sex (M/F) | 7/3 | 13/6 | 0.93 |
| Child-Pugh’s grade (A/B/C) | 2/6/2 | 2/13/4 | 0.78 |
| Meld score | 11.8 (6.2) | 12.8 (4.3) | 0.43 |
| Prothrombin time (% of normal) | 60.3 (17.9) | 51.9 (16.4) | 0.22 |
| International normalised ratio | 1.51 (6.25) | 1.76 (4.34) | 0.20 |
| Bilirubin (μmol/l) | 79.1 (146.5) | 43.5 (33.8) | 0.32 |
| Albumin (g/l) | 34.6 (2.5) | 34.3 (5.8) | 0.90 |
| Creatinine (μmol/l) | 81.6 (22.8) | 75.8 (19.9) | 0.49 |
| Platelet count (109/l) | 79.3 (33) | 74.4 (40.5) | 0.74 |
| Oesophageal varices | |||
| None/grade1/grade 2/grade 3 | 2/1/5/2 | 2/5/8/4 | 0.61 |
| Variceal bleeding (present/absent) | 2/8 | 14/5 | 0.01 |
| Initial extension of thrombosis (partial/complete) | 10/0 | 18/1 | 1 |
| De novo thrombosis | 2/10 | 6/19 | 0.57 |
| Interval from listing to transplantation or death (months) | 5.8 (4.6) | 7.9 (6.2) | 0.34 |
| Location of thrombosis | |||
| Portal vein trunk | 6/10 | 8/19 | 0.44 |
| Right branch | 4/10 | 9/19 | 0.70 |
| Left branch | 3/10 | 1/19 | 0.1 |