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Table 3 Interventional characteristics of children with severe malarial anaemia and lactic acidosis at Mulago hospital; N = 74

From: The effect of blood storage age on treatment of lactic acidosis by transfusion in children with severe malarial anaemia: a pilot, randomized, controlled trial

Variable

Short storage arm

Mean (SD)

Long storage arm

Mean (SD)

P-value)

Volume of blood transfused (ml)

125.4 (±28.9)

127.1 (±27.4)

0.796

Volume of blood transfused ml/kg

12.7 (±2.6)

12.7 (± 2.2)

0.321

Duration of blood transfusion (min)

50 (±5.9)

51 (±7.1)

0.512