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Table 3 Patient numbers and related percentages by surgical procedure with respect to the whole sample of 3315 patients

From: A simple clinical model for planning transfusion quantities in heart surgery

Surgery procedure

Patient number

Transfused-patient number

Mean value ± SD

of PRBC

CABG

1756 (53.0%)

1092 (62.3%)

2.0 ± 2.7

Valve

1006 (30.3%)

677 (67.3%)

2.6 ± 3.2

Other procedures

553 (16.7%)

439 (79.4%)

3.9 ± 3.5

  1. The number and percentage of transfused patients are also reported for each surgical procedure together with the mean number and standard deviation of PRBC.
  2. PRBC = packs of red blood cells; SD = standard deviation; CABG = coronary artery bypass graft.
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BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making

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