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Diagnosis and procedure-specific survival among transfusion of recipients in 1993 and 2000, Orebro County, Sweden.

Tynell E, Norda R, Montgomery SM, Björkman A

Department of Medicine, Infectious Diseases Unit, Karolinska Institutet, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden. elsa.tynell@karolinska.se

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Survival rates in patients transfused in 1993 and 2000 were compared in relation to diagnoses and surgical interventions. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Blood centre and hospital records of all patients transfused from March to May in Orebro County in 1993 (n = 932) and 2000 (n = 990), were matched with the national register of deaths. RESULTS: Relative risk of death within 1 year, adjusted for diagnoses, operations and other confounders in patients transfused in 2000 compared to 1993 was 0.78 (CI 0.66-0.91). Among those transfused 1993, 39% were alive after 7 years. CONCLUSION: The improved survival among those transfused in 2000 could not be accounted for by differences in ages or case-mix.

Published 24 March 2005 in Vox Sang, 88(3): 181-8.
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