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Comparison of Demographic and Clinical Characteristics by Storage Age Among Patients Transfused 1 to 2 RBC Units
| RBC Storage Age |
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|---|---|---|---|
| Fresh | Old | p | |
| No. patients | 393 | 654 | |
| Mean age (SD; yr) | 42 (18) | 41 (19) | 0.40 |
| Male (%) | 66 | 63 | 0.40 |
| Mean ISS (SD) | 25 (14) | 24 (14) | 0.69 |
| Mechanism (% blunt) | 76 | 76 | 0.82 |
| Brain injury (%) | 27 | 26 | 0.55 |
| Mean RBC units (SD) | 1.67 (0.47) | 1.68 (0.47) | 0.79 |
| Mean FFP (SD) | 0.61 (1.42) | 0.79 (1.51) | 0.06 |
| Mean platelets (SD) | 0.06 (0.26) | 0.06 (0.28) | 0.84 |
