Research Article

Synergistic Effect of Anemia and Red Blood Cells Transfusion on Inflammation and Lung Injury

Table 1

Platelet number and function.

ConditionPlatelet count ( / L)ADP aggregation (AUC)PAR4 aggregation (AUC)

Baseline670   11532   1748   2
Anemia566   18433   2548   12
Anemia + LPS399   16430   3614   13*
LPS350   137*21   12*17   14*
Anemia + RBC721   18734   1753   4
Anemia + aged RBC374   9537   2438   14

*P < 0.05 versus baseline by one-way ANOVA with Bonferroni correction.