Table 3.
Transfusions and FCM infusions.
| Retrospective control group (2013–2014) |
Prospective group (2015–2016) |
|
|---|---|---|
| Patients, n | 1732 | 1811 |
| ChTa cycles, n | 12322 | 13221 |
| Number of transfusions, n | 194 | 189 |
| RBCa units, n | 657 | 517 |
| Patients treated with FCM, n | 0 | 99 |
| Total FCM vials, n | 0 | 319 |
| % of patients with transfusion | 11.2 | 10.4 |
| Transfusion rateb (%) | 5.3 | 3.9 |
aAbbreviations: ChT – Chemotherapy; RBC – red blood cell; FCM – ferric carboxymaltose.
bTransfusion rate was calculated as the following: number of RBC units per chemotherapy treatment.