Reduced red blood cell transfusion in cardiothoracic surgery after implementation of a novel clinical decision support tool

Keyphrases

• Red Blood Cell Transfusion 100%
• Clinical Decision Support Tool 100%
• Cardiothoracic Surgery 100%
• Transfusion 80%
• No Significant Difference 40%
• Health Care Costs 40%
• Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting 40%
• Perioperative Blood Transfusion 40%
• Hemoglobin Level 40%
• Surgical Aortic Valve Replacement 40%
• Packed Red Blood Cells 40%
• Red Blood Cell Units 40%
• Transfusion Practice 40%
• Pre-transfusion Hemoglobin 40%
• Adverse Outcomes 20%
• Number of Patients 20%
• In-hospital Mortality 20%
• Short-term Mortality 20%
• Adult Patients 20%
• Hospital Systems 20%
• ICU Stay 20%
• Infection Rate 20%
• Surgical Site Infection 20%
• Urban Hospitals 20%
• Adverse Health 20%
• Packed Red Blood Cell Transfusion 20%
• Multi-institutional 20%
• Computerized Provider Order Entry 20%

Medicine and Dentistry

• Health Care Cost 100%
• Coronary Artery Bypass Graft 100%
• Aortic Valve Replacement 100%
• Erythrocyte 100%
• Erythrocyte Transfusion 100%
• Thorax Surgery 100%
• Adverse Outcome 50%
• Hospital Mortality 50%
• Infection Rate 50%
• Surgical Infection 50%
• Computerized Physician Order Entry 50%