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Table 1 Clinical signs recorded before blood transfusion

From: Quality of paediatric blood transfusions in two district hospitals in Tanzania: a cross-sectional hospital based study

Clinical sign

Present

n (%)

Not present

n (%)

Not described whether present or not

n (%)

Cardiac failure/symptom

13 (8)

12 (7)

141 (85)

Hepatomegaly

7 (4)

146 (88)

13 (8)

Respiratory distress

17 (10)

94 (57)

55 (33)

Impaired consciousness

59 (36)

19 (11)

87 (53)

Capillary refill

3 (2)

17 (10)

146 (88)

Dehydration

16 (10)

141 (85)

9 (5)

Pallor

110/36 (66/22)*

7 (4)

13 (8)

  1. *The numerator represents severe pallor and the denominator represents some pallor