Table 2. Analysis of the adequacy of the prescription of packed red blood cells performed by emergency physicians of a public hospital.

Variable	Adequate
	n	%
Hemoglobin
<5 g/dL	24	100
5-7 g/dL	37	64.9
≥7 g/dL	2	6.1
Volume
1 RBC bag	45	100
2 RBC bags	29	49.2
RBC subtypes
Filtered	31	100
Irradiated/washed	0	0

RBC: concentrated RBC.