“…Twenty eight (10.7%) described quantitative blood consumption in single or multiple MCEs, and seven (2.7%) focused on blood use and supply as a primary objective. 9,11,12,14,18,24Y46 The 28 articles combined with collaborative accounts 19,47Y61 provided a total of 34 reports of individual MCEs with documented RBC consumption. Three reports were excluded from the data analysis: one had reported blood use in excess of the 72-hour defined period, the other two were summaries of events, from which the MOI could not be ascertained or whether they individually met our designated criteria for an MCE.…”