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. 2012 Mar 22;39(2):129–138. doi: 10.1159/000337956

Table 4.

Transfusion of PLT in surgical and non-surgical departments

Transfusion of PLT
2009 2010 2011
cases transfused units cases transfused units cases transfused units
Surgical departments
Cardiac Surgery 23.7% 15.3% 24.7% 14.7% 16.9% 12.0%
Visceral Surgery 7.7% 11.4% 4.9% 8.3% 5.3% 5.6%
Pediatric Surgery 5.4% 6.9% 1.0% 2.4% 0.9% 0.8%
Neurosurgery 3.3% 2.8% 3.9% 3.3% 3.6% 2.2%
Orthopedic Surgery 3.0% 2.0% 2.9% 1.3% 3.0% 2.4%
Trauma Surgery 2.0% 1.8% 2.2% 1.4% 2.0% 1.5%
Oral / Maxillofacial Surgery 1.1% 1.0% 0.7% 0.3% 0.5% 0.2%
Urology 1.1% 1.0% 1.1% 0.6% 0.6% 0.3%
Surgical Intensive Care 0.9% 1.0% 1.2% 0.9% 0.8% 1.2%
Vascular Surgery 0.7% 0.7% 0.6% 0.7% 1.3% 0.6%
Other 1.5% 1.3% 2.4% 1.5% 1.8% 1.5%
Non-surgical departments
Hematology / Oncology 32.8% 40.6% 34.2% 45.3% 37.1% 50.9%
Pediatric Hematology / Oncology 7.8% 9.2% 9.1% 13.1% 12.7% 12.8%
Gastroenterology / Endocrinology 2.8% 1.3% 2.5% 1.7% 2.8% 2.4%
General Pediatics 2.6% 1.5% 3.8% 2.3% 3.7% 2.2%
Nephrology / Rheumatology 1.2% 0.6% 0.8% 0.4% 1.4% 0.6%
Cardiology / Angiology 1.0% 0.5% 0.7% 0.3% 1.4% 0.7%
Transplantation Medicine 0.9% 0.8% 2.2% 0.9% 2.9% 1.1%
Radiotherapeutics 0.2% 0.1% 0.1% 0.0% 0.3% 0.2%
Pediatric Cardiology 0.2% 0.1% 0.5% 0.2% 0.9% 0.3%
Neurology 0.1% 0.1% 0.5% 0.4% 0.1% 0.0%
Other 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%