Does packed red cell transfusion provide symptomatic benefits to cancer palliative patients?: a longitudinal study from a single private oncology center in Nepal

Table 2 Comparison of fatigue and breathlessness symptoms among transfused (2A) and non-transfused patients (2B) pre and post transfusion

2A	Packed cell Transfusion Status		p value
n = 46	Pre-Transfusion	Post-Transfusion	p value
Fatigue	37 (80.4%)	20 (43.4%)	< 0.001
Breathlessness	35 (76.0%)	9 (19.5%)	< 0.001
2B n = 76	Packed cell not transfused		p value
2B n = 76	Before	After
Fatigue	33 (43.4%)	22 (28.9%)	< 0.05
Breathlessness	0	0	–

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