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Table 2 Outcomes of anaemic under-fives with indications for BT (N = 125)

From: Emergency blood transfusion practices among anaemic children presenting to an urban emergency department of a tertiary hospital in Tanzania

Outcome Total n = 125 n (%) [95% CI] Transfused in the ED n = 29 n (%) [95%CI] Not Transfused in the ED n = 96 n (%) [95% CI] P- value
ED mortality 6 (4.8%) (95%CI 1.05–8.55) 2 (6.9%) (95%CI −2.3-16.1) 4 (4.2%) (95% CI 0.19–8.21) 0.067
24 h mortality 19 (15.2%) (95% CI 8.91–21.49) 2 (6.9%) (95% CI −2.3-16.1) 17 (17.7%) (95% CI 10.1–25.3) 0.058
Overall mortality 31 (24.8%) (95% CI 17.23–32.37) 3 (10.3%) (95% CI −0.76-21.36) 28 (29.2%) (95% CI 20.01–38.19) 0.032
  1. Table 2 shows the ED mortality, 24-h mortality, and overall mortality between the children with WHO indications for transfusion that received blood in the ED, and those that did not with their respective 95% confidence intervals
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