Table 2.

Table demonstrating odds ratios for mortality and p-value for hospital length of stay, stratified by number of units of packed red blood cells received within the first 24 hours of treatment. Mean values include standard deviation

		0-9 U	10-19 U	20-29 U	30-39 U	> 40 U
Mortality	Expired	23	4	3	2	4
	Survived	72	15	5	2	1
	%	24%	21%	38%	50%	80%
	OR	--	0.83	1.88	3.13	12.52
	95% CI	--	0.25 to 2.77	0.42 to 8.47	0.41 to 23.49	1.33 to 117.7
Hospital LOS	Mean	10.1(SD 12.1)	9.3(SD 5.5)	9.0(SD 8.0)	6.8(SD 6.0)	4.6(SD 6.2)
	p-value	--	0.793	0.806	0.588	0.321