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. 2013 May 7;6:184. doi: 10.1186/1756-0500-6-184

Table 3.

Patient characteristics - knee

Study, Year
Number of patients TXA/C
Gender distribution % male TXA /C
Mean age TXA,C (SD or range)
Mean weight (kg) - TXA, C (SD or Range)
TBL - TXA,C (mL) (SD)
P Value
Number of patients requiring allogeneic transfusions (TXA, C)
P Value
  TXA C TXA X TXA C TXA X TCA C   TXA C  
Hiippala, 1995[27]
15
13
13
23
70 (56–82)
70 (63–78)
72 (10)
74 (10)
847 (356)
1549 (574)
<0.001
10
12
N/R
Benoni, 1996[17]
43
43
30
23
76 (7)
74 (7)
73 (14)
78 (16)
730 (280)
1410 (480)
<0.001
8
24
<0.001
Hiippala, 1997[12]
39
38
10
21
70 (7)
69 (5)
74 (13)
78 (12)
689 (289)
1509 (643)
< 0.0001
17
34
<0.0001
Jansen, 1999[2]
21
21
24
14
70.7 (62–80)
71.0 (64–84)
78.8 (11.0)
75.8 (12.4)
678 (352)
1419 (607)
<0.001
2
13
<0.001
Engel, 2001[42]
12
12
50
50
71 (9)
66 (11)
83 (12)
80 (13)
800 (295–1050)
865 (245–1370)
N/R
0
3
N/R
Ellis, 2001[36]
10
10
40
30
71 (5)
72 (8)
80 (12)
77 (15)
N/R
N/R
N/R
1
7
N/R
Tanaka, 2001[41]**
73
26
29, 32, 30
 
65 (59–70), , 65 (60–71), 65 (59–69)
65 (58–70)
60 (45–70), 60 (45–70), 60 (40–76)
61 (45 to 76)
720.4* (187.2)
1470 (264.8)
N/R
17, 16, 14
26
N/R
Veien, 2002[3]
15
15
73
93
70.5 (9.5)
69.5 (9.0)
78.7 (12.3)
74.3 (14.1)
409.7 (174.9)
761.7 (313.1)
<0.001
0
2
N/R
Good, 2003[18]
27
24
33
25
72 (46–83)
72 (50–84)
79 (13)
80 (13)
1045◊ (368.7 )
1426◊ (620.9 )
<0.001
3
14
<0.001
Zohar, 2004[35]***
60
20
30, 20, 40
35
73 (8), 69 (7), 69 (10)
73 (7)
78 (12), 75 (13), 77 (13)
75 (12)
N/R
N/R
N/R
3, 2, 4
12
N/R
Orpen, 2006[5]
15
14
47
79
73 (95% CI 70–78)
69 (95% CI 63–74)
83 (95% CI 69–112)
77 (95% CI 58–96)
660 (317.6)†
726 (333.0) †
0.55
1
3
N/R
Camarasa, 2006[31]
35
60
26
20
73 (61–84)
72 (52–85)
N/R
1095 (473)
1784 (660)
N/R
N/R
N/R
Álvarez, 2007[6]
46
49
15
20
71 (9)
72 (7)
N/R
1301 (621)
1744 (804)
0.002
N/R
N/R
Molloy, 2007[19]
50
50
N/R
N/R
N/R
N/R
N/R
1225 (499)
1415 (416)
0.041
5
11
0.79
Kakar 2009[4]‡
12
12
25
33
62.4 (9.4),
66.2 (4.8)
67.9 (10.8)
63.4 (7.2)
160 (87)
270 (88)
<0.05
N/R
N/R
Wong, 2010[11] □
64
35
19, 42 □
37
67 (11.9), 63.9 (10.6)
68.4 (10.4)
82.0 (15.6), 81.8 (14.7)
87.9 (19.2)
1295 (353.7), 1208 (376.0)
1610 (378.6)
0.0001
1, 0
2
0.083
Ishida, 2011[43]
50
50
12
12
73.3 (5.0)
73.5 (6.1)
59.7 (9.0)
59.7 (10.1)
N/R
N/R
0
1
N/R
Sa-ngasoongsong, 2011[24]
24
24
78
82
69.0 (8.2)
69.2 (7.6)
N/R
N/R
206.3 (115.4)
385.1 (145.2)
<0.0001°
1
8
0.023
Roy, 2012[37] 25 25 40 36 66.04 (7.15) 66.56 (8.03) N/R N/R **** 109.6 ± 71.54 + 401 ± 82.44 **** 194 ± 79.66 + 870 ± 201.04 N/R 2 7 Not Significant

* - Weighted Mean Value7, † - Calculated from 95% CI, § Average, SD – Standard Deviation, C – Control group, TXA – Tranexamic acid group, ◊ - Median Value, DVT – deep venous thrombosis, ** (Patients received pre-op TXA, patients received intra-op TXA, patients received both pre + intra op TXA), ‡ - Unilateral TKA data reported only, □ - (Patients received 1.5 gm TXA, patients received 3 gm TXA), *** (Patients received TXA bolus + long IV, patients received TXA bolus + short IV, patients received oral TXA), N/R – not reported. **** Sum of per-operative and drain collection. ↑Patients received TXA prior to tourniquet deflation, an additional preoperative dose, an additional postoperative dose, all three doses, or locally.