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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Feb 14.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Surg. 2014 Aug 6;209(2):280–288. doi: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2014.06.016

Table #3. Outcome Data Before and After Protocol.

9/2009-9/2011 No Transfusion (n=87) 9/2009-9/2011 Received Transfusion (n=39) After 9/2011 No Transfusion (n=46) After 9/2011 Received Transfusion (n=14) P-Values
Complication 35.1% (31) 61.8% (24) 4.5% (2) 80% (11) 0.000*,0.012, 0.001,0.024δ
Intraoperative Surgical Complication
None 98.9% (86) 94.9% (37) 97.8% (45) 85.7% (12)
Hemorrhage 1.1% (1) 2.6% (1) 0.0% 7.1% (1)
Hypotensive Episode 0.0% 2.6% (1) 2.2% (1) 7.1% (1)
Grade of Complication
Oral Antibiotics 24.1% (7) 4.2% (1) 20.0% (1) 0.0%
IV Antibiotics 55.2% (16) 33.3% (8) 20.0% (1) 20.0% (1)
Return to ICU Percutaneous Drainage Operative Correction 20.7% (6) 58.3% (14) 40.0% (2) 60.0% (3)
Organ Diversion 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
Death 0.0% 4.2% (1) 20.0% (1) 20.0% (1)
Infection 0.0% 2.6% (1) 0.0% 7.1% (1)
Length of Stay 5.0 8.0 5.0 8.0 0.009δ
New Recurrence 23.0% (20) 12.8% (5) 9.3% (4) 21.4% (3)
Site of Recurrence
Liver 56.5% (26) 69.2% (9) 25.0% (2) 50.0% (1)
Lung 19.6% (9) 0.0% 12.5% (1) 0.0%
Bone 6.5% (3) 0.0% 12.5% (1) 0.0%
Lymph Nodes 6.5% (3) 7.7% (1) 0.0% 50.0% (1)
Other 10.9% (5) 23.1% (3) 50.0% (4) 0.0%
Karnofsky Score 100 90 100 100
Status
No Evidence of Disease 48.3% (42) 41.0% (16) 60.5% (26) 57.1% (8)
Alive with Disease 42.5% (37) 38.5% (15) 34.9% (15) 28.6% (4)
Died of Disease 8.0% (7) 7.7% (3) 2.3% (1) 0.0%
Died of Other Cause 1.1% (1) 12.8% (5) 2.3% (1) 14.3% (2) 0.002*,0.01 1,
*

all patients that received blood compared to all patients that did not receive blood

patients after the protocol that received blood compared to patients after the protocol that did not receive blood

patients before the protocol that received blood compared to patients before the protocol that did not receive blood

δ

patients before the protocol that received blood compared to patients after the protocol that received blood