Perioperative effects of high doses of intraoperative thymoglobulin induction in liver transplantation

Table 5 Postoperative variables and the number of patients transfused with blood components in the postoperative period in the two study groups

Parameters	ATG group			Control group			P
	POD1	POD2	POD3	POD1	POD2	POD3	P1	P2	P3
Maximum core temperature (°C)	38 ± 1.0	37.3 ± 0.77	37 ± 0.43	37.3 ± 0.5	37.1 ± 0.48	37.0 ± 0.62	0.02	0.4	1
Creatinine (mg/dL)	1.13 ± 0.56	1.22 ± 0.68	1.52 ± 1.02	0.77 ± 0.14	0.81 ± 0.8	0.96 ± 0.55	0.03	0.6	0.7
WBC (103×μL)	6.9 ± 2.9	8.2 ± 2.7	8.2 ± 3.4	10.9 ± 3.6	12.6 ± 6.5	12.3 ± 6.3	0.01	0.009	0.9
PLT (103×μL)	37 ± 15	38 ± 18	22 ± 8	72 ± 37	60 ± 31	35 ± 19	0.001	0.01	0.02
HCT (%)	26.3 ± 5.6	27.3 ± 4.2	25.7 ± 3.1	32.4 ± 6.3	30.3 ± 7.6	28.5 ± 3.9	0.02	0.1	0.1
aPTT	1.8 ± 0.67	1.5 ± 0.29	1.2 ± 0.16	1.5 ± 0.49	1.3 ± 0.27	1.3 ± 0.19	0.04	0.33	0.46
Fibrinogen (mg/dL)	135 ± 40	171 ± 44	195 ± 73	193 ± 82	216 ± 76	239 ± 88	0.007	0.1	0.1
No. of patients who received noradrenaline	7 (43.7%)	4 (25%)	2 (12.5%)	1 (6.25%)	0	0	0.037	0.1	0.48
No. of patients transfused with RBC	6 (37.5%)	8 (50%)	1 (6.25%)	2 (12.5%)	2 (12.5%)	0	0.22	0.06	1
No. of patients transfused with PLT	5 (31.2%)	5 (31.2%)	4 (25%)	0	0	0	0.04	0.04	0.1
No. of patients transfused with FFP	5 (31.2%)	3 (18.7%)	0	1 (6.25%)	1 (6.25%)	0	0.17	0.6	NA
Albumin administered (mL)	243 ± 156	200 ± 164	161 ± 253	78 ± 140	135 ± 133	55 ± 88	0.014	0.23	0.1

WBC: White blood cells; PLT: Platelets; HCT: Haematocrit; aPTT: Activated partial thromboplastin time; RBC: Red blood cell; FFP: Fresh frozen plasma; POD: Postoperative day.