Table 3 Transfusion rates and outcomes among elective cardiac surgery patients
From: Preoperative anemia and transfusion in cardiac surgery: a single-centre retrospective study
Transfusion | Non-Anemic (N = 678) | Anemic (N = 119) | P value* | Mild Anemic (N = 80) | Moderate/Severe Anemic (N = 39) | P value† |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Transfusion rate | 65 (10) | 63 (53) | < 0.0001 | 32 (40) | 31 (79) | < 0.0001 |
pRBC transfused | 0.915 | NA | ||||
1 | 26 (40) | 26 (41) | 13 (41) | 13 (42) | ||
2 | 20 (31) | 17 (27) | 8 (25) | 9 (29) | ||
3 | 6 (9) | 4 (6) | 0 (0) | 4 (13) | ||
4 | 6 (9) | 8 (13) | 6 (19) | 2 (6) | ||
≥ 5 | 7 (11) | 8 (13) | 5 (16) | 3 (10) | ||
Outcomes | ||||||
Length of CVICU stay (d) | 2 (1–4) | 3 (1–6) | 0.001 | 3 (1–6) | 3 (2–6) | 0.611 |
Length of hospital stay (d) | 7 (5–9) | 10 (6–16) | < 0.0001 | 9 (6–16) | 10 (7–14) | 0.319 |
In-hospital mortality | 8 (1) | 11 (9) | < 0.0001 | 6 (8) | 5 (13) | 0.501 |