Table 5.
Incidence Rates of Perioperative Transfusion-related Acute Lung Injury Overall and by Age, Sex, Transfusion Volume, and Surgical Specialty in 2004 and 2011
| Variable | 2004 No./Total (%) | 2011 No./Total (%) | Overall No./Total (%) |
P Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | 23/1,817 (1.3) | 22/1,562 (1.4) | 45/3,379 (1.3) | 0.72 |
| Age, yr | 0.06 | |||
| ≤49 | 3/318 (0.9) | 3/277 (1.1) | 6/595 (1.0) | |
| 50 to 59 | 2/296 (0.7) | 3/288 (1.0) | 5/584 (0.8) | |
| 60 to 69 | 4/414 (1.0) | 6/421 (1.4) | 10/835 (1.2) | |
| 70 to 79 | 8/486 (1.6) | 5/370 (1.4) | 13/856 (1.5) | |
| ≥80 | 6/303 (2.0) | 5/206 (2.4) | 11/509 (2.2) | |
| Sex | 0.65 | |||
| Male | 12/857 (1.4) | 11/756 (1.5) | 23/1,613 (1.4) | |
| Female | 11/960 (1.1) | 11/806 (1.4) | 22/1,766 (1.2) | |
| Surgical specialty | 0.07 | |||
| Abdominal | 5/481 (1.0) | 6/463 (1.3) | 11/944 (1.2) | |
| OB/GYN | 0/157 (0.0) | 0/136 (0.0) | 0/293 (0.0) | |
| Neurologic | 1/45 (2.2) | 1/54 (1.9) | 2/99 (2.0) | |
| Orthopedic | 4/401 (1.0) | 3/272 (1.1) | 7/673 (1.0) | |
| Spine | 1/114 (0.9) | 1/135 (0.7) | 2/249 (0.8) | |
| Thoracic | 2/59 (3.4) | 2/74 (2.7) | 4/133 (3.0) | |
| Transplant | 0/81 (0.0) | 4/97 (4.1) | 4/178 (2.2) | |
| Urology | 1/154 (0.6) | 1/125 (0.8) | 2/279 (0.7) | |
| Vascular | 7/248 (2.8) | 3/127 (2.4) | 10/375 (2.7) | |
| Other | 2/77 (2.6) | 1/79 (1.3) | 3/156 (1.9) | |
| Transfusion volume, ml | <0.001 | |||
| ≤350 | 2/606 (0.3) | 4/512 (0.8) | 6/1,118 (0.5) | |
| 351 to 700 | 2/635 (0.3) | 5/485 (1.0) | 7/1,120 (0.6) | |
| 701 to 1,050 | 3/200 (1.5) | 2/187 (1.1) | 5/387 (1.3) | |
| 1,051 to 1,400 | 3/130 (2.3) | 2/101 (2.0) | 5/231 (2.2) | |
| ≥1,401 | 13/246 (5.3) | 9/277 (3.2) | 22/523 (4.2) |
OB/GYN = obstetrics and gynecology.