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Table 2 Details of patients with hemothorax

From: Hemothorax following lung transplantation: incidence, risk factors, and effect on morbidity and mortality

 

Bleed date

AC date

AC

AC Dosing

PRBCs (units)

Intervention

1

0

-

-

-

6

Thoracotomy

2

0

-

-

-

2

Thoracotomy

3

1

-

-

-

5

Thoracotomy

4

1

-

-

-

3

Thoracotomy

5

1

-

-

-

5

VATS

6

4

-

-

-

2

none

7

6

1

Heparin

 

0

VATS

8

6

2

Heparin

Prophylactic

2

VATS

9

8

4

Heparin

Prophylactic to therapeutic

0

Chest tube

10

8

-

-

-

8

VATS

11

9

2

Heparin

Prophylactic

2

VATS

12

10

3

Heparin

Prophylactic

2

VATS

13

13

3

Heparin then warfarin

Prophylactic to therapeutic

8

Thoracotomy

14

15

3

Heparin

Prophylactic to therapeutic

3

Chest tube

15

15

0

LMWH

Prophylactic

0

Chest tube

16

31

4

Heparin to warfarin

Therapeutic

2

Thoracentesis

17

32

4

Heparin

Prophylactic to therapeutic

4

Died from hemothorax

  1. AC Anticoagulation, BLTx Bilateral Lung Transplant, LMWH Low-molecular weight heparin, SLTx Single Lung Transplant, VATS Video-assisted thorascopic surgery
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