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

Table 4.

Patient characteristics - hip

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
Patient requiring allogeneic transfusions (TXA, C)
P Value
  TXA C TXA C TXA C TXA C TXA C   TXA C  
Ekbäck, 2000[28]
20
20
45
55
66.4 (9.0)
65.6 (8.8)
81.1 (13)
76.8 (13)
1130 (400)
1770 (523)
<0.001
5
5
N/R
Benoni, 2000[29]
20
19
30
58
69.5 (10)
68 (10)
76 (14),
77 (11)
990 ◊(210 ),
950 ◊(162.5)
N/R
45
79
0.05
Benoni, 2001[33]
18
20
50
50
66 (9.5)
68 (9.4)
79 (16)
78 (17)
759 (275.8†)
996 (398†)
0.03
22
40
0.2
Husted, 2003[25]
20
20
35
30
65
67
N/R
814 (1323.8†)
1231 (1692.7†)
0.001
10
35
0.04
Yamasaki, 2004[41]
20
20
95
90
55.5 (14.2)
61.2 (6.9)
52.6 (11.5)
54.5 (8.7)
1350 (477)
1667 (401)
<0.05
0
0
N/R
Garneti, 2004[14]
25
25
N/R
69.6 (11.99)
67.6 (11.4)
N/R
1443 (809)
1340 (665)
0.822
64
56
N/R
Lemay, 2004[34]
20
19
60
68
59.7 (10.3)
53.6 (12.8)
80.1 (15.7)
74.7 (14.1)
1308 (462)
1469 (405)
N/R
0
42
0.0012
Johansson, 2005[26]
47
53
53
53
69 (7)
69 (7)
81 (16)
78 (13)
969 (434)
1324 (577)
<0.001
17
43
0.009
Niskanen, 2005[30]
19
20
32
35
66 (9.1)
65 (8.2)
80 (19)
82 (14)
792 (390.1†)
1102 (485.2 †)
0.03
26
40
0.3
Claeys, 2007[32]
20
20
25
35
73 (8)
68 (11)
76 (15)
72 (16)
801 (244)
1038 (289)
0.013
5
30
<0.05
Kazemi, 2010[8]
32
32
72
63
46.6 (16.2)
45.4 (17.2)
72.1 (10.4),
69.9 (11.1)
1024 (544)
1399 (587)
0.024
N/R
N/R
Malhotra, 2011[20]
25
25
40
48
52.6 (39–72)
54.7 (40–71)
80.2 (58–100)
81.9 (62–98)
410 (300–510) – range
615 (515–750) –range
<0.5
24
72
N/R
McConnell, 2011[38]
22
22
32
41
N/R
N/R
N/R
N/R
930 (399†)
1200 (469†)
0.02
0
0
N/R
Imai, 2012[39]* 24, 20, 25, 26 22 17, 20, 16, 15 23 64.4 (49–74), 62.2 (50–85), 63.3 (47–80), 63.3 (48–81) 60.2 (54–72) 55.9 (44–86), 54.1 (40–76), 54.1 (41–70), 53.8 (44–73) 56.3 (47–80) 649, 566, 388, 418** 1026** N/R 0 0 N/R

◊Sum of perioperative and drain medians7, † - Calculated from 95% CI, C – Control group, TXA – Tranexamic group, SD – Standard Deviation, DVT – deep venous thrombosis, N/R – not reported. *Patients received 1 g TXA 10 minutes prior to skin closure, 10 minutes prior to skin closure and 6 hrs later, 10 minutes prior to surgery, 10 minutes prior to surgery and 6 hrs later, respectively. ** Intra-op + post-op.