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Table 6

Diagnoses of transfusion recipients in the cohort described in this systematic review compared with other large cohorts

	Cohort described in current systematic review	Primary diagnoses of inpatients transfused with pRBCs in Hamilton, Ontario*	Shehata et al (% of all cellular units transfused)†
Cardiac surgery/cardiology	20.4%	25.9%	22.7%
Noncardiac surgery	23.3%	18%	24.9%
Hematology or hematology/oncology	19.3%	22.9%	23.8%

	Cohort described in current systematic review	Primary diagnoses of inpatients transfused with pRBCs in Hamilton, Ontario*	Shehata et al (% of all cellular units transfused)†
Cardiac surgery/cardiology	20.4%	25.9%	22.7%
Noncardiac surgery	23.3%	18%	24.9%
Hematology or hematology/oncology	19.3%	22.9%	23.8%

Data from McMaster Transfusion Research Program (MTRP); personal communication, Nancy Heddle, MTRP, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.

†

Percentages from Shehata et al are the percentage of the total number of units of transfused cellular products at a large university center over 6 years.³⁴

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