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Table 1 Baseline characteristics

From: The usefulness of tranexamic acid for bleeding symptoms of chronic consumptive coagulopathy complicated by aortic disease: a single-institute, retrospective study of 14 patients

 

n = 14

 

Age, years, median (range, mean)

78.5

(66–89, 78.2)

Sex, male, n (%)

11

(78.5)

CKD (eGFR < 60), n (%)

12

(85.7)

Hemodialysisa, n (%)

6

(42.8)

Liver failureb, n

1

 

JMHW DIC score, median (range, mean)

8.0

(4–11, 7.7)

Platelet count (×109/L), median (range, normal range)

64

(25–97, 158–348)

FDP (μg/mL), median (range, normal range)

100

(19–270, < 10)

D-dimer (μg/mL), median (range, normal range)

44.3

(13.4–93.7, < 1.0)

FDP/D-dimer, median (range)

2.3

(1.2–4.2)

Fibrinogen (g/L), median (range, normal range)

1.4

(0.56–2.94, 2.0–4.0)

PT ratio, median (range)

1.15

(1.02–1.55)

ATIII (%), median (range, normal range)

78

(56–101, 80–120)

TAT (ng/mL), median (range, normal range)

45.9

(10.9–97.5, 0–4.0)

PIC (μg/mL), median (range, normal range)

5.0

(2.1–10.9, 0–0.8)

Bleeding event (overlap included), n

14

 

 Difficult hemostasis

10

 

  after hemodialysis

5

 

  after cardiac catheterization

1

 

  after central venous catheter insertion

1

 

  during or after surgery

2

 

  after blood test

1

 

  after thoracic drainage

1

 

  after tooth extraction

1

 

 Subcutaneous hemorrhage

2

 

 Bloody sputum

2

 

Aortic treatment prior to TXA, n

13

 

Number of  aortic treatments prior to TXA, median (range)

2.0

(0–4)

EVAR, n

9

 

 Days from the most recent treatment, median (range)

1192

(4–5410)

Open aortic aneurysm repair, n

7

 

 Days from the most recent treatment, median (range)

678

(3-3088)

Transcatheter aortic valve implantation, n

1

 

 Days from the most recent treatment

88

 

Transfusion 30 days prior to TXA, n

4

 

 RBC

4

 

 FFP

3

 

 Fibrinogen

2

 

 PC

2

 
  1. a Includes cases in which planned hemodialysis was introduced the day after the start of TXA administration
  2. Liver failure was defined as chronic liver disease with Child-Pugh B or C
  3. CKD Chronic kidney disease, eGFR Estimated glomerular filtration rate, JMHW Japanese Ministry of Health and Welfare, DIC Disseminated intravascular coagulation, FDP Fibrin and fibrinogen degradation products, PT Prothrombin time, CKD Chronic kidney disease, AT Antithrombin, TAT Thrombin anti-thrombin complex, PIC Plasmin-α2 plasmin inhibitor complex, TXA Tranexamic acid, EVAR Endovascular aneurysm repair, RBC Red blood cell, FFP Fresh frozen plasma, PC Platelet concentrate