Table 2.
Indications for red cell transfusion in surgical patients
| No (% of all transfused and 95% CI) of units
|
Mean (SD) age (years) of recipients
|
|
|---|---|---|
| Orthopaedics and trauma: | ||
| All | 1358 (13.9, 13.2 to 14.6) | 66.6 (19.1) |
| Total hip replacement | 446 (4.6) | 68.6 (13.3) |
| Fractured neck of femur | 180 (1.8) | 79 (12.0) |
| Total knee replacement | 161 (1.6) | 70.9 (12.4) |
| Road traffic accident | 141 (1.4) | 41.1 (14.7) |
| Other | 430 (4.4) | 63.4 (23.3) |
| General surgery: | ||
| All | 935 (9.6, 9.0 to 10.2) | 62.7 (18.6) |
| Abdominal surgery (excluding colorectal) | 430 (4.4) | 67.1 (13.8) |
| Colorectal surgery | 267 (2.7) | 67.5 (12.7) |
| Other | 238 (2.4) | 49.5 (24.4) |
| Cardiothoracic surgery: | ||
| All | 600 (6.1, 5.7 to 6.6) | 63.7 (17.4) |
| Coronary artery bypass grafting | 398 (4.1) | 67.6 (9.8) |
| Other | 202 (2.1) | 55.9 (24.8) |
| Vascular surgery: | ||
| All | 448 (4.6, 4.2 to 5.0) | 69.5 (10.8) |
| Emergency repair aortic aneurysm | 226 (2.3) | 68.9 (9.1) |
| Other | 222 (2.3) | 70.2 (12.4) |
| Urology | 254 (2.6) | 66.8 (12.9) |
| Transplant | 167 (1.7) | 43.4 (13.9) |
| Neurosurgery | 113 (1.2) | 59.7 (18.5) |
| Ear, nose, and throat | 57 (0.6) | 63.8 (11.6) |
| Plastic surgery | 50 (0.5) | 46.8 (25.8) |