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Antifibrinolytic agents in off-pump cardiac surgery: analysis of blood loss, safety and cost-effectiveness


Authors: T. Vaněk 1;  M. Jareš 1;  R. Fajt 1;  Z. Straka 1;  M. Malý 2
Authors‘ workplace: Kardiochirurgická klinika, Univerzita Karlova, 3. LF a FNKV, Praha 1;  Oddělení biostatistiky a informatiky, SZÚ, Praha 2
Published in: Anest. intenziv. Med., 17, 2006, č. 1, s. 6-13
Category: Anaesthesiology - Original Paper

Overview

Objective:
To compare the haemostatic effects of fibrinolytic inhibitors (tranexamic acid, aprotinin) vs. placebo in off-pump coronary artery bypass surgery and to evaluate the impact of this therapy on cost-effectiveness.

Design:
Prospective, randomized, double-blind study.

Setting:
University Teaching Hospital, Prague, Czech Republic.

Material and Method:
100 patients were enrolled in the study and 91 of them were assessed (group A, n = 32, tranexamic acid 1 g before skin incision followed by continuous infusion at 200 mg/h; group B, n = 29, aprotinin 1,000,000 IU before skin incision and 250,000 IU/h afterwards; group C, n = 30, placebo).

Results:
Highly significant inter-group differences were found in the cumulative blood loss within 4 h (geometric means [95% confidence intervals] – group A: 89.3 [72.7, 109.8] mL, group B: 72.3 [49.2, 106.3] mL and group C: 192.3 [151.8, 243.5] mL) (P < 0.001), within 8 h (group A: 152.1 [120.7, 191.6] mL, group B: 130.3 [88.1, 192.8] mL and group C: 283.8 [226.0, 356.3] mL) (P = 0.001), and within 24 h postoperatively (group A: 410.3 [337.6, 498.6] mL, group B: 345.8 [256.0, 398.2] mL and group C: 619.8 [524.3, 732.8] mL) (P < 0.001). At all time points, group C (placebo) was significantly distinct from the groups treated with fibrinolytic inhibitors (groups A, B). However, no essential differences between groups A and B were found. Treated groups did not demonstrate postoperative increase in mean levels of myocardial enzymes compared with group C. No statistically significant inter-group difference was found in the number of re-transfused patients (either packed red blood cells, P = 0.119, or fresh-frozen plasma, P = 0.118) during the first 24 h postoperatively, but the number of re-transfused patients during the hospital stay was statistically significantly higher in group C compared with group B (P = 0.002). Cost effectiveness of the antifibrinolytic agent and blood product treatment seems to be on average the most favourable in the tranexamic acid group.

Conclusion:
Both tranexamic acid and aprotinin seem to be similarly effective in the reduction of postoperative blood loss in off-pump cardiac surgery. Tranexamic acid appears to be a cost-effective and safe alternative to aprotinin.

Key words:
tranexamic acid – aprotinin – cardiac surgical procedures – off-pump coronary artery bypass


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Anaesthesiology, Resuscitation and Inten Intensive Care Medicine
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