Table 2. Number of transfusions required by 44 patients before they died.

Category	Number of transfusions required	Number of patients
Non Transfusion group	0	15
Transfusion group	1 2 3 4 7 8 10	13 4 5 4 1 1 1
Total no. of patients		44

8 patients did not have documentation of transfusion, hence were not included in this analysis