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Table 2 Patient Outcomes and health service use by transfusion status

From: Place of birth and outcomes associated with large volume transfusion: an observational study

 

Tertiary births

Non-Tertiary

0

1-3

≥4

0

1-3

≥4

Births N(%)

112415 (100.0)

1572 (100.0)

524 (100.0)

114879 (100.0)

1726 (100.0)

487 (100.0)

Total units transfused (median, IQR)

0 (0,0)

2 (2,2)

4 (4,6)

0 (0,0)

2 (2,2)

4 (4,6)

Transfera N(%)

   

5376 ( 4.7)

75 ( 4.3)

32 ( 6.6)

Length of stay (median, IQR)

3 (2,5)

5 (3,6)

6 (5,10)

3 (2,4)

4 (3,6)

5 (4,7)

Transfusion of other blood products N(%)

55 ( 0.0)

34 ( 2.2)

222 ( 42.4)

48 ( 0.0)

36 ( 2.1)

126 ( 25.9)

Severe maternal morbidityb N(%)

624 ( 0.6)

83 ( 5.3)

137 ( 26.1)

491 ( 0.4)

78 ( 4.5)

102 ( 20.9)

Readmission N(%)

3645 ( 3.2)

99 ( 6.3)

52 ( 9.9)

3605 ( 3.1)

101 ( 5.9)

40 ( 8.2)

Hysterectomy N(%)

6 ( 0.0)

. ( .)

33 ( 6.3)

10 ( 0.0)

1 ( 0.1)

28 ( 5.7)

Stillbirth N(%)

921 ( 0.8)

35 ( 2.2)

28 ( 5.3)

624 ( 0.5)

31 ( 1.8)

25 ( 5.1)

Neonatal adverse outcome indicator N (%)

9672 ( 8.6)

284 ( 18.1)

126 ( 24.0)

4171 ( 3.6)

125 ( 7.2)

58 ( 11.9)

  1. a transfer to other facility only considered amongst non-tertiary births
  2. b Severe maternal morbidity includes shock, acute organ failure, mechanical ventilation and other diagnoses and procedures associated with severe morbidity, but does not include transfusion in this study [16]