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Table 5 Timing of PCC administration

From: Comparison of 3-factor versus 4-factor prothrombin complex concentrate for emergent warfarin reversal: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Study, Year

Time between initial INR and PCC dose PCC3

Time between initial INR and PCC dose PCC4

Time between PCC and second INR PCC3

Time between PCC dose and second INR PCC4

Al-Majzoub et al., 2016 [20]

NR

NR

5.0 (7.4) hours

3.7 (4) hours

DeAngelo et al., 2018 [22]

NR

NR

NR (88%)

NR (97%)

Fischer et al., 2018 [24]

NR

NR

NR

NR

Holt et al., 2018 [25]

NR

NR

3.8 (0.12) hours

3.3 (0.10) hours

Jones et al., 2016 [27]

NR

NR

48:59 [31:00–91:00] min:sec

23:40 [15:33–90:00] min:sec

Kuroski et al., 2017 [28]

37.9 (28.3) minutes

42.7 (27) minutes

191 (195) minutes

169 (230) minutes

Mangram et al., 2016 [30]

NR

NR

3 [0.6–16.5] hours

4.2 [0.6–18.9] hours

Margraf et al., 2020 [31]

78 [56.0–113.0] minutes

73 [40.0–108.5] minutes

93 [46.0–228.0] minutes

226 [156.5–368.5] minutes

Mohan et al., 2018 [32]

NR

NR

3 h (both groups)

3 h (both groups)

Voils et al., 2015 [33]

NR

NR

NR

NR

Cang et al., 2014 [21]

NR

NR

NR

NR

Di Napoli et al., 2014 [23]

NR

NR

NR

NR

Kotsianas et al., 2015 [26]

NR

NR

217 (247) minutes

208 (187) minutes

Peck et al., 2016 [29]

NR

NR

NR

NR

Wagner et al., 2019 [34]

NR

NR

NR

NR

  1. INR international normalized ratio, NR not reported, PCC prothrombin complex concentrate, PCC3 3 factor PCC, PCC4 4 factor PCC