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Table 3 Summary of drug dose and treatment regimens

From: Are antifibrinolytic drugs equivalent in reducing blood loss and transfusion in cardiac surgery? A meta-analysis of randomized head-to-head trials

Study

Aprotinin

TXA

EACA

Isetta et al. [25]

L = 2.0 × 106 KIU

M = 0.5 × 106 KIU/h

P = 2.0 × 106 KIU

L = 15 mg/kg

NS

 

L = 0.5 × 106

M = 0.5 × 106

  

Blauhut et al. [27]

L = 2.0 × 106 KIU

M = 0.5 × 106 KIU/h

P = 1.0 × 106 KIU

L = 10 mg/kg

M = 1.0 mg/kg/h

NS

Penta de Peppo et al. [20]

L = 2.0 × 106 KIU

M = 0.5 × 106 KIU/h

P = 2.0 × 106 KIU

L = 10 mg/kg M = 1.0 mg/kg/h

L = 10 g

M = 2.0 g/h for 5 h

Corbeau et al. [23]

L = 2.0 × 106 KIU

M = 0.5 × 106 KIU/h

P = 2.0 × 106 KIU

L = 15 mg/kg

E = 15 mg/kg

NS

Pugh et al. [22]

L = 1.0 × 106 KIU

P = 1.0 × 106 KIU

L = 2.5 g

P = 2.5 g

NS

Speekenbrink et al. [21]

P = 2.0 × 106 KIU

L = 10 mg/kg

M = 1.0 mg/kg/h

NS

Menichetti et al. [24]

L = 2.0 × 106 KIU

M = 0.5 × 106 KIU/h

P = 2.0 × 106 KIU

L = 10 mg/kg

M = 3.0 mg/kg/h

P = 10 mg/kg

L = 80 mg

M= 30 mg/kg/h

P = 80 mg/kg

Pinosky et al. [33]

NS

L = 15 mg/kg

M = 1.0 mg/kg/h for 6 h

L = 150 mg/kg

M = 10 mg/kg/h for 6 h

Mongan et al. [31]

L = 2.0 x 106 KIU

M = 0.5 × 106 KIU/h

P = 2.0 × 106 KIU

L = 15 mg/kg

M = 2.0 mg/kg/h for 6 h

NS

Hardy et al. [26]

NS

L = 10 g

L = 15 g

M = 1.0 g/h

Eberl et al. [29]

L = 2.0 × 106 KIU

M = 0.5 × 106 KIU/h

P = 2.0 × 106 KIU

NS

L = 10 g

M = 2.5 g/h

P = 10 g

Misfeld et al. [30]

P = 1.0 × 106 KIU

E = 0.2 × 106 KIU/h for 5 h

L = 10 mg/kg

M = 1.0 mg/kg/h

NS

Casati et al. [28]

L = 2.0 × 106 KIU

M = 0.5 × 106 KIU/h

P = 2.0 × 106 KIU

L = 1.0 g

M = 400 mg/h

P = 500 mg

L = 5.0 g

M = 2.0 g/h

P = 2.5 g

Bernet et al. [34]

L = 2.0 × 106 KIU

M = 0.5 × 106 KIU/h

P = 2.0 × 106 KIU

L = 10 g

NS

Nuttall et al. [32]

L = 2.0 × 106 KIU

M = 0.5 × 106 KIU/h

P = 2.0 × 106 KIU

L = 10 mg/kg

M = 1.0 mg/kg/h

NS

Maineri et al. [38]

NS

L = 20 mg/kg

M = 2.0 mg/kg/h

L = 10 g

M = 2.0 g/h

Wong et al. [37]

L = 2.0 × 106 KIU

M = 0.5 × 106 KIU/h

P = 2.0 × 106 KIU

L = 10 g

NS

Casati et al. [35]

L = 2.0 × 106 KIU

M = 0.5 × 106 KIU/h

P = 2.0 × 106 KIU

L = 1.0 g

M = 400 mg/h

P = 500 mg

NS

Greilich et al. [36]

L = 2.0 × 106 KIU

M = 0.5 × 106 KIU/h

P = 2.0 × 106 KIU

NS

L = 100 mg/kg

M = 2.5 mg/kg/h

P = 5.0 g

Ray et al. [6]

L = 1.0 × 106 KIU

P = 1.0 × 106 KIU

NS

L = 5.0 g

M = 1.25 g/h

P = 5.0 g

  1. L = loading dose, M = maintenance dose/continuous infusion, P = pump prime dose, E = after protamine administration, KIU = kallikrein inhibitor units, NS = not studied, mg = milligram, g = gram, kg = kilogram, h = hour