Table II.

Transfusion outcome of patients who received only ABO identical, only ABO non-identical and both ABO identical and ABO non-identical platelet transfusions. Results are shown as median and range.

	Patients who received platelet transfusions			p
	ABO identical	ABO non-identical	Both
Number	246	47	260
Red blood cells	2 (0–10)	2 (0–10)	4 (0–35)
ABO identical platelets	2 (1–8)		3 (1–63)	<0.001
ABO non-identical platelets		1 (0–9)	1 (1–20)
Plasma compatible		0 (0–4)	1 (0–15)
Plasma incompatible		1 (0–9)	1 (0–17)
Total platelets	2 (0–10)	1 (0–9)	4 (1–86)	<0.001
Fresh frozen plasma	0 (0–0)	0 (0–0)	0 (0–73)	0.010