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Table 2 Wound healing and skin grafting procedures

From: Propranolol attenuates hemorrhage and accelerates wound healing in severely burned adults

Parameter

Control

Propranolol

p Value

Wound healing

Number of SGP/patient

4 ± 3

4 ± 3

0.90

Duration between SGP (days)

17 ± 12

10 ± 5

0.02

Skin grafting procedures

Skin graft area (cm2 )

3,300 ± 4,800

4,500 ± 4,000

0.01

Preoperative HCT (%)

32 ± 9

30 ± 8

0.05

Postoperative HCT (%)

28 ± 6

28 ± 5

0.24

PRBC transfused (units)

5.3 ± 5.4

4.4 ± 3.1

0.89

EBL/graft area (ml/cm2 )

0.37 ± 0.73

0.26 ± 0.21

0.70

  1. Data presented as mean ± standard deviation. EBL, estimated blood loss; HCT, hematocrit; PRBC, packed red blood cells; SGP, skin grafting procedures.