From: Prevalence of transfusion-transmitted Chagas disease among multitransfused patients in Brazil
Age (Mean ± SD) | 36.0 ± 19.8 |
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Sex distribution (%) | |
Male | 199 (56.7%) |
Female | 152 (43.3%) |
Diagnosis responsible for multiple transfusions – number of patients (%) | |
Haemophilia | 28 (8.0%) |
Haemoglobinopathies | 97 (27.6%) |
Onco-haematological disease | 184 (52.4%) |
Acute blood loss | 19 (5.4%) |
Haemodyalisis | 23 (6.6%) |
Units transfused per patient (Median/Range) | 51 (10–2086) |
Years exposed to transfusions (Median/Range) | 3 (1–52) |
1 st transfusion before 1997 (%) | 230 (65.5%) |