The Use of Epoetin-α in Revision Knee Arthroplasty

Table 2

Blood data.

Characteristic	Epoetin-α	Control	P-value
Average epoetin-α dose 40,000 u	2.86	0	Na
Epoetin-α effect on Hb (g/dL)	11.97 to 13.8	Na	<0.001
Hb at Sg (g/dL)	13.8	12.2	<0.001
Hb on discharge (g/dL)	10.6	9.69	<0.001
Transfusion (%)	0	54	<0.001
Mean TBL (mL)	1670	1737	0.730
Mean HBL (mL)	1578	1643	0.750
Median TBL (mL)	1555	1778	Na
Median HBL (mL)	1397	1682	Na
CBL (mL)	1401	1668	0.140
Mean EBL (mL)	104.2	120.6	0.618