Cause of Death Transfusion- Refusing Population Transfusion- Accepting Population  
  n % n % p Value
Refractory myocardial insufficiency 0 0.00% 12 0.26% 0.001
Multiorgan failure
( initial cause bowel ischaemia)
1 0.45% 34 0.72% 0.07
Multiorgan failure
(initial cause respiratory distress syndrome)
2 0.91% 65 1.38% 0.05
Multiorgan failure
(initial cause irreversible ischaemic cerebral damage)
0 0.00% 16 0.34% 0.001
Multiorgan failure
(initial cause severe and untreated anaemia)
3 1.60% 0 0.00% 0.001
Any cause 6 3.10% 127 2.70% 0.1
Table 4: Causes of death in the two populations.