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. 2014 Mar 7;9(3):e91171. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0091171

Table 3. Hospital course of the patients.

Parameters Surgery Conservative management P-value
(n = 15) (n = 63)
Hemoglobin decrease over 4 hours* (g/dL) 1.6±0.8 1.2±0.8 0.026
(n = 15) (n = 54)
Transfusion 8 (53.3%) 7 (11.1%) 0.001
Hospital stay (days) 4.1±0.8 3.1±1.4 0.002
Hemoglobin level at discharge (g/dL) 10.6±1.3 11.1±1.2 0.168

* Included hemoglobin follow up duration ≤10 hours only.