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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Sep 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Clin Gastroenterol. 2020 Sep;54(8):741–746. doi: 10.1097/MCG.0000000000001285

TABLE 4.

TEG Parameters in Cirrhotics Requiring Blood Product Transfusions Within 24 Hours Post-TEG and Cirrhotics who did not Need any Blood Product Transfusions

Mean (SD)
r (min) k (min) α (deg.) MA (mm)
TEG leading to transfusion (n=62) 6.85 (3.05) 2.73 (1.59) 67.40 (7.47) 49.12 (12.16)
TEG that did not lead to transfusion (n=44) 6.02 (1.94) 1.90 (0.88) 71.23 (5.26) 59.61 (9.41)
P 0.116 0.002 0.004 < 0.001

P-value: significant differences between transfusion and no transfusion groups.

MA indicates maximum amplitude; TEG, thromboelastography