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. 2015 Jul 17;13(4):600–609. doi: 10.2450/2015.0019-15

Table II.

Distributions of blood components transfused over the broad ICD-10 discharge diagnosis categories.

Diagnostic category (ICD-10 codes) Recipients Transfused components

n % RBC % FFP % PLT % WB % CRY %
Pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium 363 22.4 783 23.9 205 46.4 14 15.1 3 15.0 2 6.3
Blood and blood-forming organs 287 17.5 610 18.3 30 6.7 24 25.8 4 20.0 28 87.5
Neoplasms 165 10.1 378 11.4 19 4.3 18 19.4 0 0.0 2 6.3
Genitourinary system 130 7.9 297 8.9 42 9.4 1 1.1 0 0.0 0 0
Digestive system 133 8.2 276 8.4 27 6.1 5 5.4 2 10.0 0 0.0
Infectious and parasitic diseases 146 9.0 257 7.8 35 7.8 8 8.6 0 0.0 0 0.0
Injury and poisoning 93 5.7 163 4.9 15 3.4 0 0.0 7 35.0 0 0.0
Circulatory system 63 3.8 128 3.8 8 1.8 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0
Respiratory system 60 3.7 105 3.2 11 2.5 0 0.0 3 15.0 0 0.0
Endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases 41 2.6 68 2.1 12 2.7 1 1.1 0 0.0 0 0.0
Nervous system 30 1.8 67 2.0 5 1.1 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0
Symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings 32 2.1 60 2.0 0 0.0 4 4.3 0 0.0 0 0.0
Conditions originating in the perinatal period 37 2.5 33 1.1 27 6.1 4 4.3 1 5.0 0 0.0
Skin and subcutaneous tissue 20 1.3 31 1.1 6 1.3 6 6.5 0 0.0 0 0.0
Musculoskeletal system and connective tissue 12 0.7 15 0.5 0 0.0 5 5.4 0 0.0 0 0.0
Mental and behavioural disorders 2 0.1 6 0.2 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0
Factors influencing health status 2 0.1 5 0.2 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0
Congenital malformations 6 0.4 3 0.1 2 0.4 3 3.2 0 0.0 0 0.0
External causes of morbidity and mortality 1 0.1 2 0.1 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0
Ear and mastoid process 1 0.1 1 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0

Total percentages may not add up to 100% due to rounding.

ICD: International Classification of Diseases; RBC: red blood cells; FFP: fresh-frozen plasma; PLT: platelets; WB: whole blood; CRY: cryoprecipitate.