Blood Transfusion Frequency and Indications in Yemeni Children with Sickle Cell Disease

Table 3

Indications for 275 blood transfusion episodes.

Indication	Transfusions		Number of patients/indication
	Number	Percentage
Anemic crisis	113	41.1	76
VOC	38	13.8	31
ACS	31	11.3	28
VOC + anemic crisis	24	8.7	21
Stroke	20	7.3	5
Malaria	13	4.7	13
Acute febrile illness	10	3.6	10
LRTI/pneumonia	6	2.2	6
Hand-foot syndrome	4	1.5	3
Hepatic crisis	3	1.1	3
Acute GE	3	1.1	3
Others^†	10	3.6	10
Total	275	100.0	209

Patient may had more than one indication on different occasions. ^†Preoperative (2), UTI (2), hematuria (1), leg ulcer (1), osteomyelitis (1), hepatitis A (1), rheumatic heart disease (1), and kerosene poisoning (1).