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Table 3 Blood product consumption

From: Early extubation is associated with improved outcomes after complete surgical repair of pulmonary atresia with ventricular septal defect and hypoplastic pulmonary arteries in pediatric patients

 

Early extubation (n = 14)

Matched controls (n = 28)

p value

PRBCs (mL/kg)

15.5 (0, 32.8)

22.2 (8.1, 54.2)

0.121

Platelets (mL/kg)

0 (0, 6.8)

0 (0, 7.6)

0.515

FFP (mL/kg)

0 (0, 12.2)

12.9 (0, 29.6)

0.041

  1. NOTE. Non-normally distributed variables: medians with 25th to 75th percentile
  2. Abbreviations: FFP fresh frozen plasma, PRBCs packed red blood cells
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Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery

ISSN: 1749-8090

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