Transfusion Strategy: Impact of Haemodynamics and the Challenge of Haemodilution

Table 1

The relation between EuroSCORE (minus age factor) and age score related to the percentage of patients receiving blood transfusions among 10,889 patients from 1999 to 2010 at Aarhus University Hospital.

EuroSCORE (minus age score)			Age score
Score	Number	Blood %	Age	Number	Blood %
0-1	3302	23.5	<60	3002	28.2
2-3	5444	32.3	60–64	1554	32.1
4-5	2977	42.0	65–69	1887	39.3
6-7	1338	48.8	70–74	1996	39.8
8-9	744	58.6	75–79	1649	45.2
10-11	575	66.7	80–84	646	47.5
>11	516	77.9	>84	155	47.7