Skip to main content
. 2010 Feb 17;8:1. doi: 10.1186/1478-7547-8-1

Table 2.

Probabilities used to populate the model

Parameters NO TXA TXA
Probability of reaching the transfusion trigger 0.66 (0-1) 0.40 (0-0.66)
Probability of being transfused Botswana 1 1
Kenya 0.33 0.86
Tanzania 0.27 0.70
South Africa 1 1
Probability of death for a surgical patient in Africa 0.06 (0.04-0.11) 0.06 (0.04-0.11)
Probability of death for anaemic surgical patients who did not receive transfusions 0.45 (0.06-0.91) 0.45 (0.06-0.91