Table 1 Demographic characteristics of patients in this study.

From: An improvement project standardizing low prophylactic platelet transfusion dosing for infants

Characteristic

Overalla

Pre-Interventionb

Post-Interventionc

p-value

Gestational Age (weeks)

34.0 (26.0–37.0)

30.5 (26.8–37.3)

35.0 (25.6–37.0)

0.2

Day of Life at Transfusion

23.0 (7.0–53.0)

27.0 (6.0–79.0)

21.0 (8.5–48.0)

0.3

Race

 White

31 (47)

13 (43)

18 (50)

0.6

 Black or African American

12 (18)

5 (17)

7 (19)

0.8

 Multi-Racial

9 (14)

6 (20)

3 (8)

0.2

 Other

7 (11)

3 (10)

4 (11)

0.4

 Indian

2 (3)

1 (3)

1 (3)

0.9

 Asian

1 (2)

1 (3)

0 (0)

0.3

 Unknown

4 (6)

1 (3)

3 (8)

0.4

  1. Values represent median (interquartile range) or n (%). Statistical comparisons were made between pre- and post-intervention groups using Mann-Whitney or Chi-square tests. P < 0.05 was considered significant.
  2. an = 66 patients, 240 transfusions.
  3. bn = 30 patients, 87 transfusions.
  4. cn = 36 patients, 153 transfusions.