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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Mar 18.
Published in final edited form as: Ann Surg. 2014 Dec;260(6):1103–1111. doi: 10.1097/SLA.0000000000000366

TABLE 3a.

Longitudinal factor levels in patients transfused with ‘low ratio’ (RBC:FFP <=1.5:1) at 6h

0h 6h 12h 24h 48h 72h

PT (sec) 16.7 (14.5 – 21.2) 15.3 (14.2 – 17.6) 15.6 (14.6 – 16.9)# 16.9 (15.5 – 19.1) 16.2 (14.9 – 18.8) 15.5 (14.1 – 17.8)#
PTT (sec) 32.5 (27.5 – 42.2) 33.2 (28.6 – 36.1)* 33.7 (30.8 – 38.7)* 38.2 (34.8 – 43.1)# 39.2 (36.4 – 47.4) 38.5 (32.9 – 43.8)
Fibrinogen (ng/mL) 157 (106 – 200) 142 (111 – 205) 180 (133 – 234) 288 (162 – 362)# 325 (264 – 514)# 494 (395 – 559)#
Factor II (%) 66.2 ± 21.3* 61.6 ± 17.1 64.4 ± 17.5 64.0 ± 18.5 66.8 ± 20.2 72.2 ± 14.4#
Factor V (%) 38.7 ± 24.7 43.2 ± 20.7* 43.7 ± 19.3 45.3 ± 23.4 58.8 ± 29.0# 79.6 ± 44.2#
Factor VII (%) 72.3 ± 31.7 107.0 ± 77.6# 100.3 ± 69.7# 48.2 ± 22.9# 61.8 ± 34.6 79.6 ± 29.8
Factor VIII (%) 188.1 ± 128.5* 115.3 ± 80.3# 105.2 ± 62.2# 110.6 ± 51.0# 179.3 ± 147.7 192.9 ± 94.6
Factor IX (%) 101.2 ± 40.6 116.3 ± 39.4*# 114.0 ± 35.4*# 114.6 ± 36.7# 151.6 ± 45.6# 184.4 ± 46.2#
Factor X (%) 64.1 ± 23.9 72.6 ± 33.4* 65.0 ± 19.9 60.7 ± 17.9 66.2 ± 16.8 72.6 ± 15.7
AT III (%) 75.5 ± 24.9 67.6 ± 18.9 73.8 ± 17.6 69.8 ± 16.7 66.8 ± 21.0 72.4 ± 22.6
Protein C (%) 77.4 ± 29.0 66.8 ± 17.0 72.0 ± 18.5 64.5 ± 22.4# 65.9 ± 21.6# 73.4 ± 30.4
aPC (ng/mL) 15.3 (5.4 – 49.5) 2.8 (0.7 – 4.7)# 1.2 (0.6 – 2.5)# 1.0 (0.5 – 1.9)# 0.5 (0.3 – 1.7)# 0.8 (0.6 – 2.4)#
D-dimer (mcg/mL) 6.7 (2.4 – 9.8) 6.4 (3.2 – 9.4) 6.8 (3.8 – 10.6) 7.6 (3.9 – 11.4) 3.3 (2.1 – 5.0) 3.7 (3.1 – 6.1)
tPA (ng/mL) 31.0 (9.0 – 46.7) 15.3 (11.2 – 22.6) 13.5 (11.4 – 18.0)# 9.8 (6.1 – 15.3)# 4.3 -
PAI-1 (ng/mL) 25.3 (11.8 – 30.2) 146.9 (138.7 – 372.4)# 142.4 (134.2 – 278.9)# 86.1 (57.7 – 124.6)# 25.5 (8.3 – 33.5) -

PT = prothrombin time; PTT = activated partial thromboplastin time; AT III = antithrombin III; aPC = activated Protein C; tPA = tissue plasminogen activator; PAI-1 = plasminogen activator inhibitor-1. N=91.

*

p <0.05 for comparison between ‘low’ and ‘high ratio’ patients at each time point.

#

p <0.05 for comparison between admission factor level and factor level at the indicated time.