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Table 3 Postoperative outcomes of patients who were and were not transfused with PRBC during radical nephrectomy

From: Preoperative hypoalbuminemia and anemia as predictors of transfusion in radical nephrectomy for renal cell carcinoma: a retrospective study

 

Non-transfused group (n = 433)

Transfused group (n = 93)

P value

ICU admission

8 (1.8 %)

34 (36.6 %)

<0.001

ICU stay (day)

0.06 ± 0.6

2.1 ± 8.4

<0.001

Hospital stay (day)

8.42 ± 3.0

16.9 ± 15.5

<0.001

  1. Data are expressed as the mean ± standard deviation or number (percentage). PRBC packed red blood cells, ICU intensive care unit
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BMC Anesthesiology

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