Table 5.

Mean “blood” (RBC + FFP) use in 229 adult patients^* divided by diagnostic category and year

	PNC†		PBC‡		SC§		CA∥
	Number	Mean	Number	Mean	Number	Mean	Number	Mean
1981	8	78	1	37	1	16	3	31
1982	6	136	11	47	5	92	6	50
1983	15	90	11	49	7	86	7	60
1984	20	47	13	48	16	27	6	33
1985	40	37	43	30	6	30	4	23

^*Miscellaneous and fulminant omitted.

^†PNC = Postnecrotic cirrhosis.

^‡PBC = Primary biliary cirrhosis.

^§SC = Sclerosing cholangitis.

^∥CA = Carcinoma/neoplasia.