Table II.
Pre-transfusion haemoglobin and activity-indexed usage of red blood cells in the different patient populations.
| Initial patient population (all admissions ) | Surgical wards | Medical wards | Intensive care units | Paediatric wards | |
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| Total n. of RBC units transfused (% of total) | 13,674 (100.0) | 4,113 (30.1) | 4,265 (31.2) | 4,239 (31.0) | 1,057 (7.7) |
| N. of RBC units preceded by a haemoglobin result (% of total n. of RBC units) | 13,227 (96.7) | 3,829 (93.1) | 4,244 (99.5) | 4,196 (99.0) | 958 (90.6) |
| Median pre-transfusion haemoglobin (IQR) | 8.9 (8.2–9.7) | 9.4 (8.4–11.3) | 8.9 (8.2–9.4) | 9.0 (8.2–10.2) | 8.4 (7.7–8.9) |
| N. of RBC units/1000 admissions | 407 | 252 | 357 | 4136 | 244 |
| N. of RBC units/1000 surgical procedures | 453 | 174 | -- | -- | -- |
| N. of admissions with RBC transfusion (% of all admissions) | 3,346 (10) | 1,282 (8) | 1,243 (10) | 378 (37) | 443 (10) |