Table 2.
Outcomes of patients according to the occurrence of anemia (nadir hemoglobin less than 10 g/dL) during stay in the intensive care unit and PRBC transfusion status.
| All patients N = 101 |
Anemia during stay N = 48 |
No anemia during stay N = 53 |
p value | PRBC transfusion N = 21 |
No PRBC transfusion N = 80 |
p value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seizures, N (%) | 12 (11.9) | 3 (6.3) | 9 (17.0) | 0.10 | 1 (4.8) | 11 (13.8) | 0.45 |
| Ventilator-associated pneumonia, N (%) | 18 (17.8) | 8 (16.7) | 10 (18.9) | 0.77 | 3 (14.3) | 15 (18.8) | 0.76 |
| Venous thromboembolism, N (%) | 5 (5.0) | 4 (7.6) | 1 (1.9) | 0.19 | 0 (0) | 5 (6.3) | 0.58 |
| Tracheostomy, N (%) | 37 (36.6) | 20 (41.7) | 17 (32.1) | 0.32 | 9 (42.9) | 28 (35.0) | 0.45 |
| Duration of mechanical ventilation (days), mean ± SD | 7.9 ± 5.4 | 8.8 ± 5.1 | 7.1 ± 5.7 | 0.13 | 9.3 ± 5.5 | 7.6 ± 5.4 | 0.19 |
| ICU LOS (days), mean ± SD | 9.6 ± 7.1 | 9.2 ± 8.0 | 10.1 ± 5.8 | 0.55 | 9.8 ± 6.5 | 9.6 ± 7.2 | 0.92 |
| Hospital LOS (days), mean ± SD | 59.8 ± 79.9 | 68.6 ± 94.1 | 51.8 ± 64.4 | 0.30 | 82.0 ± 100.1 | 54.0 ± 73.4 | 0.24 |
| ICU mortality, N (%) | 14 (13.9) | 11 (22.9) | 3 (5.7) | 0.01 | 8 (38.1) | 6 (7.5) | 0.001 |
| Hospital mortality, N (%) | 15 (14.9) | 12 (25.0) | 3 (5.7) | 0.01 | 8 (38.1) | 7 (8.8) | 0.003 |
ICP: intracerebral pressure; ICU: intensive care unit; LOS: length of stay; SD: standard deviation.