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Table 3 Blood Product Utilization

From: Retrospective study assessing outcomes in cardiac surgery after implementation of Quantra

 

Pre-Quantra

Post-Quantra

P Value

A. Blood products administered (mean units, range)

pRBC

0.453 (0, 5)

0.406 (0, 6)

0.8027

FFP

0.547 (0, 6)

0.016 (0, 1)

0.0004*

Platelets

0.359 (0, 4)

0.266 (0, 2)

0.4879

Cryoprecipitate

0.141 (0, 5)

0.0467 (0, 1)

0.3134

Total, all products

1.50 (0, 19)

0.734 (0, 7)

0.0933

B. Patients receiving blood products (N, %)

pRBC

13 (20.3)

13 (20.3)

1.00

FFP

14 (21.9)

1 (1.6)

0.0004*

Platelets

10 (15.6)

12 (18.8)

0.6394

Cryoprecipitate

3 (4.7)

3 (4.7)

1.00

Total, any product

22 (34.4)

19 (29.7)

0.5689

  1. A: Comparison of total number of units of blood products (all types) utilized across all patients intraoperatively and postoperatively. B: Number of patients receiving at least one unit of blood products, *Statistically significant p < 0.05
  2. FFP: Fresh frozen plasma; pRBC: Packed red blood cells