TABLE 1.

Surgical specialty services: comparison of groups^*

Surgical service	Bloodless patients (n = 98)	Matched controls (n = 467)
Cardiac surgery	5 (5.1)	32 (6.8)
General surgery	38 (38.7)	167 (35.8)
Gynecologic surgery	3 (3.1)	17 (3.6)
Neurosurgery	9 (9.2)	63 (13.4)
Orthopedic surgery	4 (4.1)	20 (4.3)
Otolaryngology	2 (2.0)	13 (2.8)
Pediatric surgery	16 (16.3)	69 (14.8)
Plastic surgery	5 (5.1)	18 (3.9)
Thoracic surgery	2 (2.0)	15 (3.2)
Transplant surgery	2 (2.0)	19 (4.0)
Urology	6 (6.1)	20 (4.3)
Vascular surgery	7 (7.1)	14 (3.0)

^*Data are reported as number (%).