Research Article

The Effect of Cell Salvage on Bleeding and Transfusion Needs in Cardiac Surgery

Table 3

Cell salvage specimens’ analysis (A: before centrifugation, B: after centrifugation, (a): ANOVA repetitive measures test).

ParameterSample A mean ± SDSample B mean ± SD

Volume (ml)2119 ± 768715 ± 2780.001(a)
Hb (g/dL)5.9 ± 1.514.8 ± 2.30.001(a)
Hct (%)17.1 ± 4.4342.4 ± 60.001(a)
WBC (n×9/L)5.66 ± 3.2113.06 ± 6.160.001(a)
Neutrophils (%)71.5 ± 10.281 ± 80.016(a)
RBC (n×12/L)2.04 ± 0.565.08 ± 0.810.001(a)
PLT (n×9/L)83 ± 39.816.43 ± 10.010.001(a)
Fibrinogen (mg/dL)126 ± 5442 ± 130.001(a)

The bold values indicate significantly different at p < 0.05.