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. 2018 Dec;72(6):418–424. doi: 10.5455/medarh.2018.72.418-424

Table 4. The participants’ opinions about how RBCs transfusions increase or decrease the risk of patients’ outcomes.

n %
Post-operative morbidity Decrease/Strongly decrease 21 37.5%
Increase/Strongly increase 28 50.0%
Neither increase nor decrease 7 12.5%
Post-operative mortality Decrease/Strongly decrease 22 39.3%
Increase/Strongly increase 17 30.4%
Neither increase nor decrease 17 30.4%
Cancer recurrence after oncologic surgical resection Decrease/Strongly decrease 0 0.0%
Increase/Strongly increase 25 44.6%
Neither increase nor decrease 31 55.4%
Survival after oncologic surgical resection Decrease/Strongly decrease 5 8.9%
Increase/Strongly increase 10 17.9%
Neither increase nor decrease 41 73.2%