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Table 1 Demographic characteristics of study population (n = 699)

From: “It’s a precious gift, not to waste”: is routine cross matching necessary in orthopedics surgery? Retrospective study of 699 patients in 9 different procedures

Characteristics

No. of patients (%)/Mean ± S.D

Age (years)

50.23 ± 18.18

Gender

 Male

416 (59.5)

 Female

283 (40.5)

ASA Status

 ASA I

126 (18.0)

 ASA II

380 (54.4)

 ASA III

166 (23.7)

 ASA IV

25 (3.6)

Tourniquet Status

 Applied

410 (58.7)

 Not applied

289 (41.3)

Nature of Surgery

 Emergency

286 (40.9)

 Elective

413 (59.1)

Pre-operative Hb (g/dl)

12.17 ± 1.95