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Table. 3.

Table. 3.

Status of blood transfusion before the establishment of the blood transfusion management division

Department NOR (N=424)* NOT (N=13,111)* NOC (N=544) NOD (N=179)* Total (N=14,258)
Thoracic surgery 30 (7.08) 673 (5.13) 54 (9.93) 20 (11.17) 777 (5.45)
Emergency medicine 28 (6.60) 676 (5.16) 56 (10.29) 10 (5.59) 770 (5.40)
Otolaryngology 15 (3.54) 94 (0.72) 22 (4.04) 0 (0.00) 131 (0.92)
General surgery 69 (16.27) 1,310 (9.99) 88 (16.18) 5 (2.79) 1,472 (10.32)
Cardiology medicine 20 (4.72) 1,447 (11.04) 67 (12.32) 61 (34.08) 1,595 (11.19)
Digestive medicine 1 (0.24) 1,898 (14.48) 9 (1.65) 10 (5.59) 1,918 (13.45)
Infectious disease medicine 2 (0.47) 498 (3.80) 2 (0.37) 3 (1.68) 505 (3.54)
Nephrology medicine 0 (0.00) 1,182 (9.02) 9 (1.65) 19 (10.61) 1,210 (8.49)
Hemato-oncology medicine 1 (0.24) 1,855 (14.15) 25 (4.60) 31 (17.32) 1,912 (13.41)
Pulmonology medicine 1 (0.24) 874 (6.67) 3 (0.55) 7 (3.91) 885 (6.21)
Neuro surgery 94 (22.16) 758 (5.78) 32 (5.88) 9 (5.03) 893 (6.26)
Neurology 1 (0.24) 204 (1.56) 4 (0.74) 1 (0.56) 210 (1.47)
Obstetrics gynecology 31 (7.31) 381 (2.91) 47 (8.64) 1 (0.56) 460 (3.23)
Orthopedic surgery 101 (23.81) 874 (6.67) 97 (17.83) 2 (1.12) 1,074 (7.53)
Urology 15 (3.54) 290 (2.21) 18 (3.31) 0 (0.00) 323 (2.27)
Others 15 (3.54) 97 (0.74) 11 (2.02) 0 (0.00) 123 (0.86)

Data are presented as number (%).

Abbreviations: NOR, No. of returned; NOT, No. of transfused; NOC, No of canceled; NOD, No. of discarded.

*The sum of the percentages does not equal 100% because of rounding.

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