Figure 1: Units of fresh frozen plasma (FFP) and red blood cells (RBC) transfused in patients from historic and study groups during the intraoperative (Figure
1a) and postoperative periods (Figure 1b). Every FFP unit entails a volume of 250 mL in our institution. 1a, Intraoperatively, 34 patients in historic control
group ( ) and none in study group (☐) received FFP, and 12 patients in historic control group and 6 in the study group (☐) received RBC. 1b, Postoperatively,
3 patients in historic control group ( ) and 2 in the study group (☐) received FFP, and 10 patients in historic control group ( ) and 8 in the study group (☐)
received RBC. The boxes stand for the median and the lower and upper quartiles; the whispers represent the 95% confidence interval. Statistic Mann Whitney
Test. *p value = statistical significance comparing both groups |