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Table 2 Blood utilization indices among pediatric surgical patients in the Philippine Children’s Medical Center

From: Use of Maximum Surgical Order Schedule (MSBOS) among pediatric patients to optimize blood utilization

Procedure

Number of units

Number of patients

C/T ratio

%T

TI

MSBOS

Crossmatched

Transfused

Crossmatched

Transfused

Major abdominal surgery

132

79

127

74

1.67

58.3

0.62

0.93

Major thoracic surgery

54

31

45

29

1.74

64.4

0.69

1.03

Surgery for abdominal wall defects

43

28

42

27

1.5

64.3

0.63

0.94

Head and neck surgery

27

6

24

6

4.5*

25.0

0.22

0.33

Colorectal Surgery

216

66

207

53

3.27*

25.6

0.32

0.48

Surgery for Solid tumors

137

67

93

62

2.04*

66.7

0.72

1.08

Ostomy creation and closure of ostomy

235

60

229

58

3.92*

25.3

0.26

0.39

Upper Gastrointestinal Surgery

50

25

42

22

2.0

52.3

0.59

0.89

Hepatobiliary

53

23

46

19

2.03*

41.3

0.50

0.75

Surgery for genitourinary abnormalities

55

17

47

17

3.24*

36.2

0.36

0.54

Appendectomy

33

3

33

3

11.0*

9.09

0.09

0.14

  1. *C/T ratio of more than 2.0 indicates unnecessary blood ordering