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Table 2 Comparison of coagulation factors between baseline and after surgery

From: Effects of preoperative plasma exchange therapy with albumin replacement fluid on blood coagulation in patients undergoing ABO-incompatible living-donor kidney transplantation using rotational thromboelastometry

 

PEX (+)

PEX (−)

P value

APTT at baseline (sec)

30.0 ± 3.2

27.2 ± 2.4

0.170

APTT postoperatively (sec)

32.6 ± 5.2

31.5 ± 5.4

> 0.995

PT-INR at baseline (sec)

1.0 ± 0.1

0.99 ± 0.04

0.50

PT-INR postoperatively (sec)

1.0 ± 0.1

1.08 ± 0.06

0.040

Platelet at baseline (× 103/μl)

181.6 ± 57.7

236.0 ± 59.2

0.025

Platelet postoperatively (× 103/μl)

154.6 ± 45.0

215.2 ± 58.2

0.012

Fibrinogen at baseline (mg/dl)

154.4 ± 23.8

299.8 ± 65.8

< 0.001

Fibrinogen postoperatively (mg/dl)

175.0 ± 30.3

235.1 ± 45.8

0.002

  1. Data are presented as mean ± standard deviation. Sidak’s multiple-comparison post hoc test was utilized for two-way analysis of variance