Table 2 Early outcomes and variables of perioperative blood loss of the unadjusted cohort
From: Blood consumption in total arterial coronary artery bypass grafting
Variable | Entire cohort N = 595 | Total arterial CABG N = 419 (70.4%) | Mixed CABG N = 176 (29.6%) | p value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Early postoperative outcomes | ||||
All-cause 30-day mortality | 3 (0.5%) | 1 (0.2%) | 2 (1.1%) | 0.16 |
Postoperative MI | 1 (0.2%) | 1 (0.2%) | 0 (0.0%) | 0.52 |
Postoperative stroke | 8 (1.3%) | 6 (1.4%) | 2 (1.1%) | 0.78 |
Sternal infection | 3 (0.5%) | 2 (0.5%) | 1 (0.6%) | 0.89 |
Return for bleeding | 7 (1.2%) | 2 (0.5%) | 5 (2.8%) | 0.015 |
Incidence of transfusions | ||||
EC-transfusion | 104 (17.5%) | 51 (12.2%) | 53 (30.1%) | < 0.001 |
TC-transfusion | 15 (2.5%) | 6 (1.4%) | 9 (5.1%) | 0.006 |
FFP-transfusion | 23 (3.9%) | 10 (2.4%) | 13 (7.4%) | 0.003 |
Transfused units | ||||
EC-units (95th percentile) | 3 | 2 | 5 | < 0.001 |
TC-units (97th percentile) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.007 |
FFP-units (97th percentile) | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0.003 |