How safe is renal replacement therapy? A national study of mortality and adverse events contributing to the death of renal replacement therapy recipients

Medicine & Life Sciences

• Renal Replacement Therapy 100%
• Mortality 43%
• Root Cause Analysis 13%
• Coroners and Medical Examiners 11%
• Nephrologists 10%
• Hyperkalemia 10%
• Population 10%
• Scotland 9%
• Consultants 9%
• Cross Infection 8%
• Patient Safety 8%
• Renal Insufficiency 7%
• Renal Dialysis 7%
• Inpatients 6%
• Cause of Death 6%
• Registries 6%
• Outpatients 6%
• Morbidity 5%
• Blood Vessels 5%
• Incidence 4%
• Infections 4%
• Therapeutics 1%