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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Jul 8.
Published in final edited form as: Surgery. 2012 Oct;152(4):528–536. doi: 10.1016/j.surg.2012.07.012

Table IV.

Rates of postoperative transfusion stratified by prophylaxis type

Postoperative transfusion?
Yes No P
SCD only 1.6% 0.4% .009
Pharm only 0.6% 0.7% .45
SCD + Pharm 0.3% 1.3% .005

Pharm, Pharmaceuticals; SCD, sequential compression device.