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Table 2 Hemoglobin & transfusion characteristics

From: Predicting red blood cell transfusion in hospitalized patients: role of hemoglobin level, comorbidities, and illness severity

 

GI Bleed N=12,388

Infection N=57,473

Malignancy N=27,831

Cardiovascular N=47,996

Ortho surgery N=24,264

All admissions N=444,969

Admission Hgb (ALL Patients)1

10.2 (2.7)

12.0 (2.1)

11.9 (2.8)

12.6 (2.1)

13.3 (1.5)

12.4 (2.2)

Admission Hgb (Transfused)1

8.6 (2.1)

9.4 (1.9)

8.7 (2.7)

9.6 (2.0)

12.3 (1.4)

9.9 (2.4)

Admission Hgb (Not Transfused)1

12.3 (1.9)

12.3 (1.8)

12.9 (1.9)

12.9 (1.8)

13.7 (1.3)

12.9 (1.8)

Hgb prior to RBC transfusion1,2

7.9 (1.5)

7.9 (1.1)

7.7 (1.8)

8.4 (1.4)

8.4 (1.1)

8.1 (1.5)

Patients transfused RBC (%)

7,099 (57)

7,320 (13)

5,884 (21)

3,869 (8)

6,785 (28)

61,988 (14)

Mean # of RBC ± SD

3.6 ± 3.0

2.7 ± 2.5

3.3 ± 2.7

2.6 ± 2.4

2.0 ± 1.2

2.9 ± 2.7

Time to transfusion, hours median3

2

26

6

22

43

23

  1. Footnotes
  2. 1Hemoglobin (Hgb) value in g/dL (Standard Deviation). Admission hemoglobin was available in 410,126 hospitalizations (92.0%).
  3. 2Median time from pre-transfusion hemoglobin to RBC transfusion was 7 hours, IQR 3.5, 11.4 hours.
  4. 3Median time in hours from hospital admission to the first RBC transfusion.
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