British journal of anaesthesia
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Observational Study
Iron deficiency is associated with higher mortality in patients undergoing cardiac surgery: a prospective study.
Iron deficiency is frequent in patients undergoing cardiac surgery. The relevance of iron deficiency, however, is ill defined. Therefore, our study aimed to investigate the impact of iron deficiency (ferritin <100 μg L-1) with or without concomitant anaemia on clinical outcome after cardiac surgery. ⋯ NCT02031289.
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Observational Study
Socioeconomic deprivation and mortality after emergency laparotomy: an observational epidemiological study.
Socioeconomic circumstances can influence access to healthcare, the standard of care provided, and a variety of outcomes. This study aimed to determine the association between crude and risk-adjusted 30-day mortality and socioeconomic group after emergency laparotomy, measure differences in meeting relevant perioperative standards of care, and investigate whether variation in hospital structure or process could explain any difference in mortality between socioeconomic groups. ⋯ More-deprived patients have higher crude and risk-adjusted 30-day mortality after emergency laparotomy, but this is not explained by differences in the standards of care recorded within the National Emergency Laparotomy Audit.
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Editorial Comment
Blood and iron: associations with poor outcome after cardiac surgery.