Increased mortality, morbidity, and cost associated with red blood cell transfusion after cardiac surgery

Nursing and Health Professions

• Erythrocyte Transfusion 100%
• Patient 66%
• Mortality 50%
• Morbidity 50%
• Surgery 33%
• Transfusion 33%
• Heart Surgery 33%
• Clinician 16%
• Health Service 16%
• Time 16%
• Heart Infarction 16%
• Cardiac Index 16%
• Ward 16%
• Anemia 16%
• Intensive Care 16%
• Kidney Failure 16%
• Malaise 16%

Medicine and Dentistry

• Erythrocyte Transfusion 100%
• Health Care Cost 66%
• Mortality 50%
• Morbidity 50%
• Surgery 33%
• Heart Surgery 33%
• Association 16%
• Apoplexy 16%
• Anemia 16%
• Erythrocyte 16%
• Myocardial Infarction 16%
• Sepsis 16%
• Renal Failure 16%
• Intensive Care 16%
• Wound Infection 16%
• Malaise 16%