Table 1 Demographic, clinical and pre-transfusion laboratory characteristics of patients for whom RBCs were requisitioned from the blood bank (N = 262)
Variables | Frequency (%) |
|---|---|
Sex | |
Female | 117 (44.7%) |
Male | 145 (55.3%) |
Age | |
9 years - < 17 years | 5 (1.91%) |
17–50 years | 162 (61.83%) |
Over 50 years | 94 (35.88%) |
Home department | |
Center | 110 (41.98%) |
West | 100 (38.17%) |
Artibonite | 34 (12.97%) |
Others (Frequency < 10) | 18 (6.88%) |
Patient type | |
Non-trauma patients | 197 (75.19%) |
Trauma patients | 65 (24.81%) |
Pre-transfusion hemoglobin level | |
≤ 7 g/dL | 135 (51.53%) |
7 - < 11 g/dL | 74 (28.24%) |
≥ 11 g/dL | 53 (20.23%) |
Transfusion indications (Boolean field) | |
Probable severe anemia | 142 (54.19%) |
Preparation for the operating room | 103 (39.31%) |
Infection / Sepsis | 96 (36.64%) |
Trauma | 62 (23.66%) |
Cancer | 57 (21.75%) |
Gastrointestinal bleeding | 19 (7.25%) |
HIV /AIDS | 18 (6.87%) |
Chronic renal failure | 16 (6.10%) |
Others (Frequency ≤ 10) | 59 (22.51%) |
Patient layout | |
Operating room (Orthopedics / General surgery) | 91 (34.73%) |
Hospital admission | 69 (26.34%) |
Patient’s discharge | 65 (24.81%) |
Emergency room deaths | 26 (9.92%) |
Others (Frequency < 10) | 11 (4.20%) |
Quantity of 450 cc RBC packs required | |
One pack | 22 (8.53%) |
Two packs | 213 (82.56%) |
Three packs | 21 (8.14%) |
More than three packs | 6 (2.29%) |
Degree of urgency of the request for RBC | |
Immediate vital emergency | 107 (40.84%) |
Vital emergency | 127 (48.47%) |
Relative urgency | 21 (8.02%) |
Not mentioned | 7 (2.67%) |