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Table 1 Baseline characteristics of the patients with and without clotting factor replacement

From: Effectiveness of clotting factor replacement therapy after antivenom treatment on coagulopathic envenomation following green pit viper bites: a retrospective observational study

Characteristics

FFP group

Cryo group

FFP and cryo group

Control group

P value

(n = 51)

(n = 15)

(n = 24)

(n = 33)

 

Age, year, (mean ± SD)

48 ± 16.2

52 ± 16.7

52 ± 15.7

48 ± 18.4

0.774

Male sex, n (%)

29/51 (56.9)

8/15 (53.3)

19/24 (79.2)

19/33 (57.6)

0.238

WBC, × 109/L, (mean ± SD)

12.4 ± 4.4

13.4 ± 6.5

13.8 ± 6.6

12.0 ± 4.2

0.550

Hemoglobin, g/dL,(mean ± SD)

139 ± 16.8

134 ± 28.7

132 ± 29.0

135 ± 18.4

0.621

Platelets, ×109/L,(mean ± SD)

163.5 ± 75.1

156 ± 75.2

123 ± 62.3

167 ± 51.2

0.065

BUN, mmol/L, (mean ± SD)

5.3 ± 1.9

5.1 ± 1.5

5.9 ± 2.9

4.8 ± 1.9

0.305

Creatinine, μmol/L, (mean ± SD)

81.4 ± 22.8

70.4 ± 15.9

91.6 ± 37.1

79.3 ± 19.5

0.079

Serum potassium, mmol/L, (mean ± SD)

3.6 ± 0.3

3.6 ± 0.4

3.7 ± 0.3

3.7 ± 0.4

0.468

D-dimer,ng/mL, (mean ± SD)

858 ± 481.9

685 ± 381.0

837 ± 636.0

688 ± 520.0

0.486

Time of antivenom post-bite

24/51 (47.1)

10/15 (66.7)

9/24 (37.5)

22/33 (66.7)

0.085

(≤6 h), n (%)

     

Amount of antivenom,vial,(mean ± SD)

2 ± 0.9

2 ± 1.2

2 ± 0.5

2 ± 0.8

0.348

Hours of clotting factor given after admission,hour,(mean ± SD)

41 ± 38.2

36 ± 35.6

24 ± 34.0

–

0.269

  1. FFP fresh-frozen plasma, cryo cryoprecipitate, SD standard deviations, WBC white blood cells, BUN blood urea nitrogen