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Table 4 Baseline heart rate and tachycardia events categorized by location: BMTU, Bone Marrow Transplant Unit; DSU, Day Surgery Unit

From: “Safety and utility of percutaneous liver biopsy in hematopoietic stem cell transplant pediatric recipients: a retrospective study”

Age groups

BMTU LOCATION

DSU LOCATION

N° of biopsies (%)

Baseline heart rate

Tachycardia (%)

P a Value

N° of biopsies(%)

Baseline heart rate

Tachycardia (%)

P a Value

<1 year

2 (2.9)

136.5 (±7.78)

-

-

-

-

-

-

1 - 5 years

8 (11.7)

121.1 (±11.87)

1 (12.5)

NS

3 (4.4)

124.6 (±4.72)

1 (33.3)

NS

6 – 10 years

17 (25.0)

101.47 (±13.48)

6 (35.3)

<0.05

5 (7.3)

107 (±8.12)

4 (80.0)

<0.05

>10 years

29 (42.6)

78.2 (±8.94)

2 (6.9)

<0.05

4 (5.9)

75 (±5.88)

2 (50.0)

0.067b

Total

56 (100)

-

9 (16.1)

<0.01

12 (100)

-

7 (58.3)

<0.01

  1. aWilcoxon test
  2. bborderline value not quite significant (the t-test for paired data yielded a value of p <0.05, but it not suitable in comparison of small cases numbers)
  3. BMTU Bone marrow transplant unit, DSU Day surgery unit
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