Table 1. Characteristics and practices among transfusion recipients within three departments in a Ghanaian Teaching Hospital.

	All (N = 151)	Medicine (N = 41)	Departments Obstetrics (N = 51)	Paediatrics (N = 59)
Median age (IQR)yrs	22.0 (4.0–36-0)	41.0 (29.5–56.0)	28.0 (22.0–38.0)	3.0 (1.0–6-0)
Completed transfusion (%)	142 (94.0)	36 (87.8)	51 (100)	55 (93.2)
>1 transfusion received (%)	82 (54.3)	27 (65.9)	33 (64.7)	9 (15.3)
Mean pre-transfusion haemoglobin ±SD (g/dl)	4.5±1.2	4.4±1.7	4.7±1.2	4.3±0.9
Mean duration of transfusion ±SD (hrs)	2.6±1.2	2.2±1.1	2.0±0.8	3.3±1.0
Documentation of transfusion reactions	13 (8.6)	4 (9.8)	5 (9.8)	4 (6.7)
Death within 24 hrs of transfusion (% )	10 (6.6)	6 (14.6)	2 (3.9)	2 (3.3)

O&G represents Obstetrics and Gynaecology; IQR represents interquartile range; SD represents standard deviation.