Table 6 Mortality and haemoglobin level at 8 and 24Â hours by transfusion and baseline anaemia status
From: Anaemia and blood transfusion in African children presenting to hospital with severe febrile illness
| Â | Anaemia status at baseline | Â | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Â | Severe | Moderate | Mild | No anaemia | Total |
Hb <5 g/dL | Hb 5 to <7 g/dL | Hb 7 to <10 g/dL | Hb ≥10 g/dL | ||
Status at 8Â hours | 1,002 | 501 | 843 | 736 | 3,082 |
TRANSFUSED | 899 | 184 | 35 | 0 | 1,118 |
Hb <5Â g/dL | 227 (26%) | 15 (8%) | 2 (6%) | 0 (0%) | 244 (22%) |
Hb 5 to <7Â g/dL | 347 (39%) | 57 (31%) | 4 (11%) | 0 (0%) | 408 (37%) |
Hb 7 to <10Â g/dL | 227 (25%) | 79 (43%) | 16 (46%) | 0 (0%) | 322 (29%) |
Hb ≥10 g/dL | 17 (2%) | 12 (7%) | 3 (9%) | 0 (0%) | 32 (3%) |
Hb missing – as died before 8 hours | 39 (4%) | 10 (5%) | 8 (23%) | 0 (0%) | 57 (5%) |
Hb missing – other reason | 42 (5%) | 11(6%) | 2 (6%) | 0 (0%) | 54 (5%) |
NOT TRANSFUSED | 103 | 317 | 808 | 736 | 1,964 |
Hb <5Â g/dL | 26 (25%) | 107 (34%) | 14 (2%) | 1 (<1%) | 148 (8%) |
Hb 5 to <7Â g/dL | 7 (7%) | 51 (16%) | 39 (5%) | 2 (<1%) | 99 (5%) |
Hb 7 to <10Â g/dL | 4 (4%) | 6 (2%) | 13 (2%) | 1 (<1%) | 24 (1%) |
Hb ≥10 g/dL | 9 (9%) | 128 (40%) | 685 (85%) | 683 (93%) | 1505 (77%) |
Hb missing – as died before 8 hours* | 54 (52%) | 12 (4%) | 29 (4%) | 22 (3%) | 117 (6%) |
Hb missing – other reason | 3 (3%) | 13 (4%) | 28 (3%) | 27 (4%) | 71 (4%) |
Status at 24Â hours | 1,002 | 501 | 843 | 736 | 3,082 |
TRANSFUSED | 919 | 305 | 71 | 2 | 1,297 |
Hb <5Â g/dL | 143 (16%) | 20 (7%) | 7 (10%) | 0 (0%) | 170 (13%) |
Hb 5 to <7Â g/dL | 361 (39%) | 96 (31%) | 12 (17%) | 0 (33%) | 469 (36%) |
Hb 7 to <10Â g/dL | 293 (32%) | 141 (46%) | 29 (41%) | 2 (67%) | 465 (36%) |
Hb ≥10 g/dL | 31 (3%) | 21 (7%) | 8 (11%) | 0 (0%) | 60 (5%) |
Hb missing – as died before 24 hours | 71 (8%) | 19 (6%) | 13 (18%) | 0 (0%) | 103 (8%) |
Hb missing – other reason | 20 (2%) | 8 (3%) | 2 (3%) | 0 (0%) | 30 (2%) |
NOT TRANSFUSED | 83 | 196 | 772 | 734 | 1,785 |
Hb <5Â g/dL | 10 (12%) | 26 (13%) | 8 (1%) | 0 (0%) | 44 (2%) |
Hb 5 to <7Â g/dL | 5 (6%) | 12 (6%) | 17 (2%) | 2 (<1%) | 36 (2%) |
Hb 7 to <10Â g/dL | 3 (4%) | 4 (2%) | 5 (<1%) | 0 (0%) | 12 (<1%) |
Hb ≥10 g/dL | 7 (8%) | 131 (67%) | 665 (86%) | 674 (92%) | 1,477 (83%) |
Hb missing – as died before 24 hours | 57 (69%) | 17 (3%) | 58 (8%) | 32 (4%) | 164 (9%) |
Hb missing – other reason | 1 (1%) | 6 (3%) | 19 (2%) | 26 (4%) | 52 (3%) |