Table 3
Mortality rates for the six studies
Author
Mortality
Mortality
Transfused group
Control group
Washington
et al
10
5%
0%
Ducruet
et al
11
12.9%
6.5%
Creutzfeldt
et al
12
26%
38%
Downey
et al
13
17.5%
16.7%
Ivascu
et al
14
28%
13%
Fortuna
et al
15
30%
16%