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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Aug 18.
Published in final edited form as: Transfusion. 2019 Dec 14;60(2):262–268. doi: 10.1111/trf.15626

TABLE 2.

Transfusion volume by survival status

Blood product Survivor (n = 79) Non-survivor (n = 31) p
RBC in first 24 hours* 0 (0–44) 45 (0–74) 0.03
RBC after 24 hours 117 (74–236) 411 (208–624) <0.001
Fresh frozen plasma in first 24 hours 30 (0–68) 59 (33–72) 0.01
Fresh frozen plasma after 24 hours 0 (0–55) 70 (0–158) 0.002
Platelet in first 24 hours 96 (60–120) 88 (79–125) 0.66
Platelet after 24 hours 252 (151–492) 805 (286–1383) 0.001
Cryoprecipitate after 24 hours 0 (0–0) 0 (0–7) 0.28
RBC rate in mL/kg/d 7.3 (5.1–10.3) 12.4 (9.3–16.2) <0.001
Platelet rate in mL/kg/d 12.1 (8.4–20.1) 22.9 (10.1–29.2) 0.02
Fresh frozen plasma rate in mL/kg/d 0 (0–2.5) 2.1 (0–5.5) 0.006
Cryoprecipitate rate in mL/kg/d 0 (0–0.4) 0 (0–0) 0.34

Data are reported as median mL (interquartile range), unless otherwise noted.

*

Does not include blood volume needed to prime ECMO circuit.

includes volume of platelets given per protocol after ECMO initiation.

After 24 hours.

Abbreviation: RBC = red blood cell.