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Table 2 Characteristics of children and surgery

From: Intraoperative transfusion practice in burned children in a university hospital over four years: a retrospective analysis

Patient characteristics

All children

n = 138

Children with transfusion of RBC

n = 31

Children without transfusion of RBC

n = 107

p-value*

Gender (years)

N = 138

m: 83 (60%)

f: 55 (40%)

m: 23 (74%)

f: 8 (26%)

m: 60 (56%)

f: 47 (44%)

0.0952

Age (months)

N = 138

21 (9–101)

19 (12–93)

21 (9–101)

0.5568

Weight (kg) n = 136 (31/105)**

12 (7–30)

12 (9.5–30)

12 (7–30)

0.7463

ASA Classification

N = 130 (29/101)

1: 34 (26%)

1: 4 (14%)

1: 30 (30%)

0.0155

2: 72 (55%)

2: 14 (48%)

2: 58 (57%)

3: 16 (12. %)

3: 7 (24%)

3: 9 (9%)

4: 8 (6%)

4: 4 (14%)

4: 4 (4%)

Prothrombin time n = 44 (17/27)

97% (40–125%)

91% (40–124%)

100% (64–125%)

0.1656

Lactate level n = 47 (28/19)

1.0 (0.3–4.8) g/dL

1.0 (0.3–4.8) g/dL

1.0 (0.3–2.8) g/dL

0.8708

Proportion of TBSA

15% (1–40)

30% (4–40)

10% (1–40)

<  0.0001

Length of surgery (min)

N = 138

72 (5–475)

210 (28–475)

47 (5–400)

<  0.0001

Minimal hemoglobin (g/dL)

N = 91 (31/60)

9.6 (6.3–13.8)

8 (6.3–11.3)

10.7 (7.0–13.8)

<  0.0001

Postoperative length of hospital stay (days) n = 138

11 (1–94)

41 (9–94)

8 (1–91)

<  0.001

catecholamines N = 138

Yes: 14 (10%)

No: 124 (90%)

Yes: 8 (26%)a

No: 23 (74%)

Yes: 6 (6%)b

No: 101 (94%)

0.0032

  1. TBSA total burned body surface area, ASA American Society of Anesthesiologists, m male, f female. Values are absolute numbers (proportion) or median (minimum-maximum)
  2. aapplied directly before or while transfusion bapplied during the hospital stay
  3. *p values for comparison between children with and without transfusion
  4. **Numbers in brackets give numbers of children with and without transfusion for whom measurement is available