Baseline characteristics of 58 pediatric patients
| Variable | Number of blood components (N) | Number of patients with adverse transfusion reaction (N) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Number of Patients (N) | 58 | 1,179 | 15 |
| Male/females | 28:30 | ||
| Median age (range) (years) | 10 (0.4∼18) | ||
| Diagnosis (N) | |||
| Hematologic malignancy | 22 | 634 | 6 |
| B-lymphoblastic leukemia | 14 | ||
| Acute myeloid leukemia | 2 | ||
| T-lymphoblastic leukemia | 2 | ||
| Burkitt lymphoma | 2 | ||
| Hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis | 1 | ||
| Lymphoma | 1 | ||
| Solid tumor | 11 | 334 | 6 |
| Brain tumor | 5 | ||
| Bone tumor | 3 | ||
| Retinoblastoma | 2 | ||
| Immature teratoma | 1 | ||
| Autoimmune disease/Inflammatory disease | 8 | 44 | 2 |
| Crohn’s disease | 4 | ||
| Systemic lupus erythematosus | 2 | ||
| Mucocutaneous lymph node syndrome | 1 | ||
| Ulcerative colitis | 1 | ||
| Benign hematologic disease | 7 | 26 | 1 |
| Iron deficiency anemia | 4 | ||
| Hereditary sperocytosis | 1 | ||
| Immune thrombocytopenia | 1 | ||
| Diagmond-Balckfan anemia | 1 | ||
| Acute hemorrhage | 3 | 96 | 0 |
| Gastrointestinal hemorrhage | 1 | ||
| Postoperative hemorrhage | 1 | ||
| Acute bleeding due to traffic accident | 1 | ||
| Others |
7 | 45 | 0 |
*Patients belong to the category “Others” included tetraplegia status, hyperosmolar hypoglycemic nonketotic coma due to type II diabetes mellitus, brain death status, chronic respiratory failure, congenital muscular dystrophy, and mucopoly-ssaccaridosis type II.