Table 2.
Perfusion and Treatment Parameters
| Patients, No. | 28 |
| Treatments, No. per patient | 74 |
| Procedure length, minutes | |
| Median | 300 |
| Range | 205-515 |
| Bypass flow rate, mL/min | |
| Median | 875 |
| Range | 200-1,200 |
| Venovenous bypass, minutes | |
| Median | 71 |
| Range | 32-109 |
| Medications required | |
| Protamine, No. of patients | 66 |
| FFP, U | |
| Median | 2 |
| Range | 2-6 |
| Vasopressor support, No. of patients | 70 |
| Infusion route (28 patients), No. of patients | |
| Single artery | 23 |
| Double artery | 5 |
| Estimated blood loss, mL | |
| Median | 200 |
| Range | 50-900 |
| Transfused PRBCs, U | |
| Median | 0.9 |
| Range | 0-4 |
| Length of stay, days | |
| Median | 2.5 |
| Range | 2-6 |
| Procedure complications, No. of treatments* | |
| Pneumothorax | 1 |
| Arterial puncture | 1 |
| Cervical hematoma | 1 |
| Hepatic artery dissection | 1 |
| Intratumor hemorrhage | 1 |
| Protamine reaction | 1 |
| Hematuria | 1 |
| Heparin-induced thrombocytopenia | 1 |
Abbreviations: FFP, fresh frozen plasma; PRBCs, packed RBCs.
*
Total procedural complications while on study.