The effects of differing anticoagulant regimes on blood quality after cell salvage in coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG): a pilot study

Table 3 Intra- and post-operative allogenic blood product tranfusion and blood loss

Parameter	General	Citrate	Heparin	p-value
Packed cells transfused intraoperatively (units)	0.13 (0.41)	0.05 (0.23)	0.21 (0.54)	0.583
Thrombocytes transfused intraoperatively (pools)	0.08 (0.27)	0.05 (0.23)	0.11 (0.31)	0.795
FFP transfused intraoperatively (units)	0.11 (0.39)	0.11 (0.46)	0.11 (0.31)	0.817
PC transfused 24 h postoperatively (units)	0.58 (0.98)	0.37 (0.76)	0.79 (1.13)	0.284
Thrombocytes transfused 24 h postoperatively (pools)	0.13 (0.41)	0.11 (0.46)	0.16 (0.38)	0.624
FFP transfused 24 h postoperatively (units)	0.37 (0.88)	0.11 (0.46)	0.63 (1.12)	0.258
Blood loss in 24 h (ml)	931 (424)	902 (410)	959 (448)	0.603

For readability, volumes of tranfusion products are given as mean (SD). p-values are calculated using the appropriate non-parametric tests

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