Distribution of patients according to group (control or reinfusion), reinfusion of postoperative shed blood (PSB), and need for allogeneic red cell transfusion (ARCT).
For patients receiving ARCT, three possible cost scenarios were considered (ALO-1, ALO-2, ALO-3) (see “Materials and methods” for further details).
(+) yes, (−) no, n = number of patients in each subgroup.