Requirements for transfusion and postoperative outcomes in orthotopic liver transplantation: A meta-analysis on aprotinin

Table 3A Postoperative outcomes of the 5 studies

Study	Aprotinin group				Control group				ORi1, 95% CI	ORi2, 95% CI	ORi3, 95% CI
	n	n1	n2	n3	n	n1	n2	n3
1 James Y	33	0	1	1	30	1	4	2	0.29 (0.01, 7.48)	0.20 (0.02, 1.93)	0.44 (0.04, 5.09)
2 Garcia HL	39	1	2		41	1	3		1.05 (0.06, 17.43)	0.68 (0.11, 4.34)
3 Porte RJ	89	5	7	2	48	5	2	3	0.51 (0.14, 1.87)	1.96 (0.39, 9.85)	0.34 (0.06, 2.14)
4 Dalmau A1	63	1	2	2	64	4	2	4	0.24 (0.03, 2.23)	1.02 (0.14, 7.45)	0.49 (0.09, 2.79)
5 Llamas P	20	4	0		50	6	7		1.83 (0.46, 7.35)	0.14 (0.01, 2.60)

n1: Number of deaths; n2: Number of laparotomy for bleeding; n3: Number of thromboembolic events;

¹Control group used tranexamic acid.