Blood Management and Risk Assessment for Transfusion in Pediatric Spinal Deformity Surgery

Table 4

Perioperative outcomes in patients with scoliosis associated with scoliosis associated to neuromuscular, syndromic and muscular dystrophies before and after multimodal approach program (MAP).

Characteristic	Before MAP (B1) % (N)	After MAP (B2) % (N)	Pearson chi-squared (Mann–Whitney)	value	Eta-squared OR (95% CI)
Hg intra-op	9 ± 2.35 (49)	9.65 ± 2.25(48)	1.488	0.137	0.023
Hg post-op day 1	9.65 ± 2.7 (48)	9.5 ± 1.4 (48)	1.488	0.137	0.023
Hg low post-op	8.5 ± 1.8 (48)	8.4 ± 2.08 (48)	1.386	0.166	0.02
Hct low intra-op	26.3 ± 6.4 (40)	28.4 ± 6 (39)	1.992	0.046	0.046
Hct post-op day 1	25 ± 4.75 (40)	24.6 ± 5.5 (39)	−1.691	0.091	0.032
Hct low pos-op	28.3 ± 7.3 (40)	27.6 ± 5.2 (39)	−0.433	0.665	0.002
Total losses	600 ± 500(43)	500 ± 550 (47)	−1.028	0.304	0.012
Losses/vol (%)	21.4 ± 13.3 (37)	16.6 ± 14.4 (45)	−2.232	0.026	0.06
Losses/level	43.3 ± 32.35(43)	37.5 ± 37.5	−1.176	0.240	0.015
Transf. rate (%) (n)	98.7% (52)	66% (47)	17.906	<0.001	0.038 [0.05; 0.30]
Transf. index (N/pt)	3 ± 3 (52)	1 ± 2	−5.373	0.009	0.29