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. 2021 Mar 29;10:62. doi: 10.1186/s13756-021-00928-5

Table 2.

Transfusion characteristics

Patients Overall Non-HAI HAI P
RBCs
 No 6868 6531 337
 Amount of transfusion [median (IQR)] 2 (2–4) 2 (2–3) 2 (2–4) < 0.001
 Frequency of transfusion [median (IQR)] 1 (1–2) 1 (1–2) 1 (1–3) 0.013
Cryoprecitation
 No 59 56 3
 Amount of transfusion [median (IQR)] 1 (1–1) 1 (1–1) 1 (1–1) 0.521
 Frequency of transfusion [median (IQR)] 1 (1–1) 1 (1–1) 1 (1–1) 0.547
FFPs
 No 1264 1189 75
 Amount of transfusion [median (IQR)] 350 (200–600) 350 (200–600) 400 (200–750) 0.315
 Frequency of transfusion [median (IQR)] 1 (1–3) 1 (1–3) 1 (1–3) 0.952
Platelets
 No 762 697 65
 Amount of transfusion [median (IQR)] 1 (1–2) 1 (1–2) 1 (1–3) 0.010
 Frequency of transfusion [median (IQR)] 1 (1–2) 1 (1–2) 1 (1–2) 0.060
Time between (first) transfusion and HAI (days)
 RBCs 9 (6–15)
 Cryoprecitation 8 (4–14)
 FFPs 10 (6–16)
 Platelets 8 (4–13)