Table 4.
Mortality of civilian patients undergoing prehospital RBC transfusion
| Study | Scene | ISS | Total | Deaths | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Berns, 1998 [28] | T | - | 45 | 23 | 51.1 | |
| Bodnar, 2014 [10] | S | 32 | 71 | 32 | 45.1 | |
| Brown, 2015 [6] | B | 18 | 240 | 74 | 30.8 | |
| Dalton, 1993 [29] | S | 32 | 112 | 51 | 45.5 | |
| Higgins, 2012 [30] | B | - | 32 | 10 | 31.3 | |
| Sumida, 2000 [9] | B | 28 | 17 | 7 | 41.1 | |
| Sunde, 2015 [14] | S | - | 3 | 2 | 66.7 | |
| Weaver, 2013 [31] | S | - | 50 | 26 | 52.0 | |
| 27.5 | 570 | 225 | 39.5 | 95% CI 36-44% |
RBC, Red blood cell; ISS, Injury severity score; T, Interhospital transfer; S, From scene; B, From both the scene and interhospital transfers; -, Data not available; %, Percent; CI, Confidence interval.