Table 1.
Transfusion Use for the Most Frequent Principal Diagnoses in Medical Hospitalizations
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| Principal Diagnosis: | Number (%) of Hospitalizations |
LOS, median (IQR) |
In-Hospital Mortality (%) |
Number (%) of Hospitalizations |
LOS, median (IQR) |
In-Hospital Mortality (%) |
| Anemia | 1151 (88%) | 2 (1–3) | 3 (0.3%) | 158 (12%) | 2 (1–3) | 2 (1%) |
| Malignancy/Chemotherapy | 474 (11%) | 5 (3–9) | 49 (10%) | 3789 (89%) | 2 (1–5) | 265 (7%) |
| Heart failure | 298 (6%) | 5 (3–8) | 22 (7%) | 4855 (94%) | 3 (2–5) | 60 (1%) |
| Pneumonia/Influenza | 241 (6%) | 6 (4–9) | 17 (7%) | 3601 (94%) | 3 (2–5) | 107 (3%) |
| Renal failure | 203 (11%) | 5 (3–8) | 13 (6%) | 1650 (89%) | 3 (2–5) | 48 (3%) |
| Gastrointestinal hemorrhage | 187 (43%) | 3 (2–4) | 17 (9%) | 246 (57%) | 2 (1–3) | 9 (4%) |
| Urinary tract infection | 127 (7%) | 6 (3–8) | 4 (3%) | 1713 (93%) | 3 (2–5) | 20 (1%) |
| Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease | 113 (2%) | 5 (3–8) | 3 (3%) | 4626 (98%) | 3 (2–4) | 55 (1%) |
| Acute myocardial infarction | 113 (12%) | 5 (3–8) | 9 (8%) | 812 (88%) | 3 (2–5) | 68 (8%) |
| Respiratory failure | 61 (13%) | 8 (5–14) | 31 (51%) | 393 (87%) | 5 (3–9) | 94 (24%) |
Abbreviations: LOS, length of stay; IQR, interquartile range.