Table 3.
In-hospital bleeding by hospital-acquired anemia status
| Variable | All HAA (n=1321) | No HAA (n=1588) | Mild HAA (n=973) | Moderate HAA (n=292) | Severe HAA (n=56) | P value |
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| In hospital bleeding | 178 (13.5%) | 71 (4.5%) | 100 (10.3%) | 49 (16.8%) | 29 (51.8%) | <0.001 |
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| TIMI Bleeding (n, % of bleeding episodes) | <0.001 | |||||
| TIMI major | 26 (2.0%) | 3 (0.2%) | 5 (0.5%) | 8 (2.7%) | 13 (23.2%) | |
| TIMI minor | 73 (5.5%) | 14 (0.9%) | 40 (0.4%) | 23 (7.9%) | 10 (17.9%) | |
| TIMI minimal | 79 (6.0%) | 54 (3.4%) | 55 (5.7%) | 18 (6.2%) | 6 (10.7%) | |
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| Bleeding location (n, % of bleeding episodes attributed to site) | <0.001 | |||||
| Catheterization site | 105 (59.0%) | 55 (77.5%) | 67 (67.0%) | 29 (59.2%) | 9 (31.0%) | |
| Gastrointestinal | 22 (12.4%) | 2 (2.8%) | 9 (9.0%) | 4 (8.2%) | 9 (31.0%) | |
| Retroperitoneal | 16 (9.0%) | 0 (0.0%) | 3 (3.0%) | 8 (16.3%) | 5 (17.2%) | |
| Other | 35 (19.7%) | 14 (19.7%) | 21 (21.0%) | 8 (16.3%) | 6 (20.7%) | |
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| PRBC transfusion (% yes) | 69 (5.2%) | 0 | 9 (0.9%) | 19 (6.5%) | 41 (73.2%) | <0.001 |
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| PRBC units transfused in pts receiving transfusion (mean units±SD) | 2.4±1.4 | n/a | 2.1 ± 1.0 | 1.8 ± 0.4 | 2.8 ± 1.8 | 0.07 |
p-values presented are for comparison of no HAA, mild HAA, Moderate HAA and Severe HAA.
PRBC = packed red blood cell, TIMI = Thrombolysis in Myocardial Infarction