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Published in final edited form as: Ann Thorac Surg. 2020 Mar 12;110(4):1209–1215. doi: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2020.02.011

Table 5.

Blood Transfusion During Venovenous Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation Support

	Anticoagulation Free (n = 36; 225 days)				Anticoagulation (n = 38; 780 days)
Event	Patients^a	Units	UPP	UPPD	Patients^a	Units	UPP	UPPD	P value

pRBC	20 (55.5)	120	3.33	0.014	36 (94.7)	955	25.1	0.051	<.001
FFP	6 (16.6)	12	0.33	0.0014	23 (60.5)	198	5.21	0.008	.001
Plt	10 (27.7)	105	2.91	0.012	32 (84.2)	366	9.63	0.018	<.001

^a

Values are n (%).

FFP, fresh frozen plasma; Plt, platelets; pRBC, packed red blood cells; UPP, unit per patient; UPPD, unit per patient per day.