TABLE 3.
In-hospital treatments and outcomes of patients with or without transfusion-related acute lung injury (TRALI)
All | After matching | |||||||||
Control (n=2 019 501) | TRALI (n=72) | Control (n=288) | TRALI (n=72) | |||||||
n | % | n | % | p-value | n | % | n | % | p-value | |
Treatments | ||||||||||
Intensive care unit admission | 278 920 | 13.8 | 33 | 45.8 | <0.001 | 65 | 22.6 | 33 | 45.8 | <0.001 |
Emergency intubation | 91 180 | 4.5 | 19 | 26.4 | <0.001 | 24 | 8.3 | 19 | 26.4 | <0.001 |
Corticosteroid | 411 378 | 20.4 | 56 | 77.8 | <0.001 | 102 | 35.4 | 56 | 77.8 | <0.001 |
Sivelestat | 55 421 | 2.7 | 26 | 36.1 | <0.001 | 13 | 4.5 | 26 | 36.1 | <0.001 |
Outcomes | ||||||||||
All-cause in-hospital mortality | 313 253 | 15.5 | 15 | 20.8 | 0.212 | 48 | 16.7 | 15 | 20.8 | 0.405 |