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Yu H, Zhao DL, Ye YC, Zheng JQ, Guo YQ, Zhu T, Liang P. Extubation in the Operating Room After Transapical Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation Safely Improves Time-Related Outcomes and Lowers Costs: A Propensity Score-Matched Analysis. J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth 2020; 35:1751-1759. [PMID: 32873488 DOI: 10.1053/j.jvca.2020.08.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/25/2020] [Revised: 08/01/2020] [Accepted: 08/03/2020] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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OBJECTIVE The experience of safe extubation in the operating room (OR) after transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) procedure remains not well established. The authors conducted this study to assess the effect of OR extubation in comparison with extubation in the intensive care unit (ICU) on the outcomes and cost in patients undergoing transapical-TAVI. DESIGN A propensity score-matched analysis. SETTING A single major urban teaching and university hospital. PARTICIPANTS A total of 266 patients undergoing transapical TAVI under general anesthesia between June 2015 and March 2020. INTERVENTIONS Propensity matching on pre- and intraoperative variables was used to identify 99 patients undergoing extubation in the OR versus 72 undergoing extubation in the ICU for outcome analysis. MEASUREMENTS AND MAIN RESULTS After matching, extubation in the OR showed significant reductions of length of stay (LOS) in ICU (38.8 ± 17.4 v 58.0 ± 70.0 h, difference -19.2, 95% confidence interval [CI] -35.7 to -2.7, p = 0.009) and postoperative LOS in hospital (7.1 ± 3.9 v 10.1 ± 4.6 d, difference -3.0, 95% CI -4.3 to -1.7, p < 0.0001) compared with ICU extubation, but did not significantly affect the composite incidence of any postoperative complications (46.5% [46 of 99] v 52.8% [38 of 72], difference -6.3%, 95% CI -21.5 to 8.9, p = 0.415). Also, extubation in the OR led to significant reduction of total hospital cost compared with extubation in the ICU (¥303.5 ± 17.3 v ¥329.9 ± 52.3 thousand, difference -26.2, 95% CI -38.8 to -13.7, p < 0.0001). CONCLUSIONS The current study provided evidence that extubation in the OR could be performed safely without increases in morbidity, mortality, or reintubation rate and could provide cost-effective outcome benefits in patients undergoing transapical-TAVI.
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- Hong Yu
- Department of Anesthesiology, West China Hospital, Sichuan University & The Research Units of West China (2018RU012), Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Chengdu, China
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- Department of Anesthesiology, West China Hospital, Sichuan University & The Research Units of West China (2018RU012), Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Chengdu, China
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- Department of Anesthesiology, West China Hospital, Sichuan University & The Research Units of West China (2018RU012), Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Chengdu, China
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- Department of Anesthesiology, West China Hospital, Sichuan University & The Research Units of West China (2018RU012), Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Chengdu, China
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- Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, West China Hospital, Sichuan University & The Research Units of West China (2018RU012), Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Chengdu, China
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- Department of Anesthesiology, West China Hospital, Sichuan University & The Research Units of West China (2018RU012), Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Chengdu, China
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- Department of Anesthesiology, West China Hospital, Sichuan University & The Research Units of West China (2018RU012), Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Chengdu, China.
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Multilevel Body Composition Analysis on Chest Computed Tomography Predicts Hospital Length of Stay and Complications After Lobectomy for Lung Cancer. Ann Surg 2020; 275:e708-e715. [DOI: 10.1097/sla.0000000000004040] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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de Almeida CC, Boone MD, Laviv Y, Kasper BS, Chen CC, Kasper EM. The Utility of Routine Intensive Care Admission for Patients Undergoing Intracranial Neurosurgical Procedures: A Systematic Review. Neurocrit Care 2019; 28:35-42. [PMID: 28808901 DOI: 10.1007/s12028-017-0433-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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BACKGROUND Patients who have undergone intracranial neurosurgical procedures have traditionally been admitted to an intensive care unit (ICU) for close postoperative neurological observation. The purpose of this study was to systematically review the evidence for routine ICU admission in patients undergoing intracranial neurosurgical procedures and to evaluate the safety of alternative postoperative pathways. METHODS We were interested in identifying studies that examined selected patients who presented for elective, non-emergent intracranial surgery whose postoperative outcomes were compared as a function of ICU versus non-ICU admission. A systematic review was performed in July 2016 using the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses checklist of the Medline database. The search strategy was created based on the following key words: "craniotomy," "neurosurgical procedure," and "intensive care unit." RESULTS The nine articles that satisfied the inclusion criteria yielded a total of 2227 patients. Of these patients, 879 were observed in a non-ICU setting. The most frequent diagnoses were supratentorial brain tumors, followed by patients with cerebrovascular diseases and infratentorial brain tumors. Three percent (30/879) of the patients originally assigned to floor or intermediate care status were transferred to the ICU. The most frequently observed neurological complications leading to ICU transfer were delayed postoperative neurological recovery, seizures, worsening of neurological deficits, hemiparesis, and cranial nerves deficits. CONCLUSION Our systematic review demonstrates that routine postoperative ICU admission may not benefit carefully selected patients who have undergone elective intracranial neurosurgical procedures. In addition, limiting routine ICU admission may result in significant cost savings.
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- Cesar Cimonari de Almeida
- Department of Surgery, Division of Neurosurgery, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Lowry Medical Building 3B, 02215, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Anesthesia, Critical Care and Pain Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA, USA.
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- Department of Surgery, Division of Neurosurgery, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Lowry Medical Building 3B, 02215, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Neurosurgery, University of California San Diego, San Diego, CA, USA
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- Department of Surgery, Division of Neurosurgery, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Lowry Medical Building 3B, 02215, Boston, MA, USA
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Papadopoulos N, El-Sayed Ahmad A, Thudt M, Fichtlscherer S, Meybohm P, Reyher C, Moritz A, Zierer A. Successful fast track protocol implementation for patients undergoing transapical transcatheter aortic valve implantation. J Cardiothorac Surg 2016; 11:55. [PMID: 27067581 PMCID: PMC4827191 DOI: 10.1186/s13019-016-0449-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/09/2015] [Accepted: 04/04/2016] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Background The aim of the current study is to report our experience with fast-track treatment of patients undergoing transapical transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TA-TAVI) and to determine perioperative predictors for fast-track protocol failure. Methods Being one of the pioneering centers to start performing TA-TAVI back in 2005, we routinely included patients undergoing this procedure into our fast-track management program since 2008. Between January 2008 and June 2013, 207 consecutive high-risk patients (mean age 79 ± 7 years, mean Log. EuroSCORE 24 ± 10) who underwent TA-TAVI accordingly to our institutional fast-track approach were prospectively collected and analyzed. Uni- and multivariate analysis were performed to identify independent pre- and perioperative predictors of fast-track protocol failure, defined as inability to discharge the patient from the intensive care unit (ICU) on the day of surgery or as readmission to the ICU 48 h after the initial discharge. Results Fast-track management was successful in 83 % of the patients. 30-day mortality was 8 %. Fast-track protocol failure (17 %) was associated with an outcome worsening compared to the remaining patients (mortality: 40 % vs. 2 % and mean hospital stay: 19 ± 12 vs. 10 ± 9 days; P = .002). Independent predictors of fast-track protocol failure were age ≥85 years (OR 3.1; CI 95 % 1.89–6.21), ejection fraction (EF) ≤30 % (OR 2.6; CI 95 % 1.99–7.52), moderate to severe preoperative mitral valve regurgitation (OR 2.7; CI 95 % 1.27–6.43) and fluoroscopy time ≥12 min (OR 2.9; CI 95 % 1.28–7.46). Conclusions Fast-track patient management following TA-TAVI is safe and reproducible in the majority of patients. Besides patient-related preoperative risk factors (age ≥85 years, EF ≤30 % and moderate to severe preoperative mitral valve regurgitation) a technically challenging intraoperative course as evidenced in a prolonged fluoroscopy time are independent predictors of fast-track protocol failure which is associated with high loss of patient outcome.
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- Nestoras Papadopoulos
- Division of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Johann-Wolfgang-Goethe University Frankfurt/Main, Theodor Stern Kai 7, 60590, Frankfurt am Main, Germany.
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- Division of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Johann-Wolfgang-Goethe University Frankfurt/Main, Theodor Stern Kai 7, 60590, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- Division of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Johann-Wolfgang-Goethe University Frankfurt/Main, Theodor Stern Kai 7, 60590, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- Division of Cardiology, Johann-Wolfgang-Goethe University Frankfurt/Main, Frankfurt, Germany
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- Clinic of Anesthesiology, Intensive Care Medicine and Pain Therapy, Goethe-University Hospital Frankfurt/Main, Frankfurt, Germany
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- Clinic of Anesthesiology, Intensive Care Medicine and Pain Therapy, Goethe-University Hospital Frankfurt/Main, Frankfurt, Germany
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- Division of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Johann-Wolfgang-Goethe University Frankfurt/Main, Theodor Stern Kai 7, 60590, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- Division of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Johann-Wolfgang-Goethe University Frankfurt/Main, Theodor Stern Kai 7, 60590, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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Youssefi P, Timbrell D, Valencia O, Gregory P, Vlachou C, Jahangiri M, Edsell M. Predictors of Failure in Fast-Track Cardiac Surgery. J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth 2015; 29:1466-71. [DOI: 10.1053/j.jvca.2015.07.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/11/2015] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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Sim YS, Lee JH, Chang JH, Ryu YJ. Clinical Outcome and Prognosis of Patients Admitted to the Surgical ICU after Abdomen Surgery. Korean J Crit Care Med 2015. [DOI: 10.4266/kjccm.2015.30.1.1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/10/2023] Open
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Kiessling AH, Huneke P, Reyher C, Bingold T, Zierer A, Moritz A. Risk factor analysis for fast track protocol failure. J Cardiothorac Surg 2013; 8:47. [PMID: 23497403 PMCID: PMC3608078 DOI: 10.1186/1749-8090-8-47] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/23/2012] [Accepted: 03/11/2013] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND The introduction of fast-track treatment procedures following cardiac surgery has significantly shortened hospitalisation times in intensive care units (ICU). Readmission to intensive care units is generally considered a negative quality criterion. The aim of this retrospective study is to statistically analyse risk factors and predictors for re-admission to the ICU after a fast-track patient management program. METHODS 229 operated patients (67 ± 11 years, 75% male, BMI 27 ± 3, 6/2010-5/2011) with use of extracorporeal circulation (70 ± 31 min aortic crossclamping, CABG 62%) were selected for a preoperative fast-track procedure (transfer on the day of surgery to an intermediate care (IMC) unit, stable circulatory conditions, extubated). A uni- and multivariate analysis were performed to identify independent predictors for re-admission to the ICU. RESULTS Over the 11-month study period, 36% of all preoperatively declared fast-track patients could not be transferred to an IMC unit on the day of surgery (n = 77) or had to be readmitted to the ICU after the first postoperative day (n = 4). Readmission or ICU stay signifies a dramatic worsening of the patient outcome (mortality 0/10%, mean hospital stay 10.3 ± 2.5/16.5 ± 16.3, mean transfusion rate 1.4 ± 1,7/5.3 ± 9.1). Predicators for failure of the fast-track procedure are a preoperative ASA class > 3, NYHA class > III and an operation time >267 min ± 74. The significant risk factors for a major postoperative event (= low cardiac output and/or mortality and/or renal failure and/or re-thoracotomy and/or septic shock and/or wound healing disturbances and/or stroke) are a poor EF (OR 2.7 CI 95% 0.98-7.6) and the described ICU readmission (OR 0.14 CI95% 0.05-0.36). CONCLUSION Re-admission to the ICU or failure to transfer patients to the IMC is associated with a high loss of patient outcome. The ASA > 3, NYHA class > 3 and operation time >267 minutes are independent predictors of fast track protocol failure.
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- Arndt H Kiessling
- Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Johann Wolfgang Goethe University, Theodor Stern Kai 7, 60590, Frankfurt am Main, Germany.
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Ultra-fast-track anesthesia for cardiac surgery introduces risks to the patient that may be mitigated by transferring the patient to the intensive care unit with a secure airway. These risks include poorly controlled pain leading to catecholamine surges that result in arrhythmias, strain on fresh suture lines, and potentially myocardial ischemia. On the converse side, the patients frequently require titration of potent narcotic pain medicine that can lead to hypoxemia and hypercarbia in the immediate postoperative stage causing myocardial dysfunction. Finally, the economic benefit of ultra-fast-track anesthesia is questionable and until there is a complete cost analysis that includes operating room time, cost of ultra-fast-track medications, and compares the cost of reintubation and delayed surgical operation, it is difficult to weigh in on the cost benefit advocated in the literature.
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Chang CH, Hong YW, Koh SO. Weaning Approach with Weaning Index for Postoperative Patients with Mechanical Ventilator Support in the ICU. Korean J Anesthesiol 2007. [DOI: 10.4097/kjae.2007.53.3.s47] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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- Chul Ho Chang
- Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine and Anesthesia and Pain Research Institute, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine and Anesthesia and Pain Research Institute, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine and Anesthesia and Pain Research Institute, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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Alex J, Shah R, Griffin SC, Cale ARJ, Cowen ME, Guvendik L. Intensive care unit readmission after elective coronary artery bypass grafting. Asian Cardiovasc Thorac Ann 2006; 13:325-9. [PMID: 16304219 DOI: 10.1177/021849230501300407] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Prospective data of 3,120 consecutive patients who had elective coronary artery bypass were analyzed to identify patient profile, cost, outcome and predictors of those readmitted to the intensive care unit. Group A (n=3,002) had a single intensive care unit admission and group B (n=118) were readmitted within 30 days after surgery. Parsonnet score, EuroSCORE, age, body mass index, chronic obstructive airway disease, peripheral vascular disease, renal dysfunction, unstable angina, congestive cardiac failure, and poor left ventricular function were higher in group B. Bypass and crossclamp times were longer, and the prevalence of inotropic and balloon pump support, arrhythmias, myocardial infarction, re-exploration, blood loss and transfusion, cerebrovascular accident, wound infection, sternal dehiscence, and multisystem failure were higher in group B. Despite a 4-fold increase in cost of care, the mortality rate (32.4%) of patients readmitted to intensive care was 23-times higher than routine patients (1.4%). Crossclamp time>80 min, Parsonnet score>10, EuroSCORE>9, sternal dehiscence, ventricular arrhythmias, and renal failure predicted readmission.
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- Joseph Alex
- Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Castle Hill Hospital, Hull, United Kingdom.
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Ochroch EA, Russell MW, Hanson WC, Devine GA, Cucchiara AJ, Weiner MG, Schwartz SJ. The impact of continuous pulse oximetry monitoring on intensive care unit admissions from a postsurgical care floor. Anesth Analg 2006; 102:868-75. [PMID: 16492843 DOI: 10.1213/01.ane.0000195583.76486.c4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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Continuous pulse oximetry (CPOX) has the potential to increase vigilance and decrease pulmonary complications and thus decrease intensive care unit (ICU) admissions. In a randomized nonblinded study of 1219 subjects we compared the effects of CPOX and standard monitoring on the rate of transfer to an ICU from a 33-bed postcardiothoracic surgery care floor. There was no difference in the rate of ICU readmission between the CPOX and standard monitor groups. Despite older age and comorbidity, estimated cost to time of censoring (enrollment to completion of the study) was less in the monitored patients who required ICU transfer than in the unmonitored patients who required ICU transfer (mean estimated cost difference of 28,195 dollars; P = 0.04). Use of CPOX altered the reasons that patients were transferred to an ICU but did not affect the rate of transfer. The duration, and thus estimated cost, of ICU stay was significantly less in the CPOX-monitored group. The potential for CPOX to allow for early intervention, or perhaps prevention of pulmonary complications, needs to be explored. Routine CPOX monitoring did not reduce transfer to ICU, mortality, or overall estimated cost of hospitalization, and it is unclear if there is any real benefit from the application of this technology in patients on a general care floor who are recovering from cardiothoracic surgery.
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- Anesthesia and Cardiopulmonary Services, University Health Systems East, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
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van Mastrigt GAPG, Heijmans J, Severens JL, Fransen EJ, Roekaerts P, Voss G, Maessen JG. Short-stay intensive care after coronary artery bypass surgery: Randomized clinical trial on safety and cost-effectiveness*. Crit Care Med 2006; 34:65-75. [PMID: 16374158 DOI: 10.1097/01.ccm.0000191266.72652.fa] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To evaluate the safety and cost-effectiveness of short-stay intensive care (SSIC) treatment for low-risk coronary artery bypass patients. DESIGN Randomized clinical equivalence trial. SETTING University Hospital Maastricht, the Netherlands. PATIENTS Low-risk coronary artery bypass patients. INTERVENTIONS A total of 600 patients were randomly assigned to undergo either SSIC treatment (8 hrs of intensive care treatment) or control treatment (care as usual, overnight intensive care treatment). MEASUREMENTS The primary outcome measures were intensive care readmissions and total hospital stay. The secondary outcome measures were total hospital costs, quality of life, postoperative morbidity, and mortality. Hospital costs consisted of the cost of hospital admission or admissions and outpatient costs. MAIN RESULTS The difference in intensive care readmission between the two groups of 1.13% was very small and not significantly different (p = .241; 95% confidence interval, -0.9% to 2.9%). The total hospital stay (p = .807; 95% confidence interval, 1.2 to -0.4) and postoperative morbidity were comparable between the groups. The SSIC group's quality of life improved more compared with the control group's quality of life (p = .0238; 95% confidence interval, 0.0012 to 0.0464). The total hospital costs for SSIC were significantly lower (95% confidence interval, -1,581 to -174) compared with those for the control group (4,625 and 5,441, respectively). The estimated incremental cost-effectiveness ratio (cost/delta quality-adjusted life months) thus showed the dominance of SSIC. Bootstrap and sensitivity analyses confirm the robustness of the study findings. CONCLUSIONS Compared with usual care, SSIC is a safe and cost-effective approach. SSIC can be considered as an alternative for conventional postoperative intensive care treatment for low-risk coronary artery bypass graft patients.
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- Ghislaine A P G van Mastrigt
- Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Medical Technology Assessment, University Hospital Maastricht, Maastricht, Netherlands
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Ziai WC, Varelas PN, Zeger SL, Mirski MA, Ulatowski JA. Neurologic intensive care resource use after brain tumor surgery: An analysis of indications and alternative strategies. Crit Care Med 2003; 31:2782-7. [PMID: 14668615 DOI: 10.1097/01.ccm.0000098860.52812.24] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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OBJECTIVE Greater demand and limited resources for intensive care monitoring for patients with neurologic disease may change patterns of intensive care unit utilization. The necessity and duration of intensive care unit management for all neurosurgical patients after brain tumor resection are not clear. This study evaluates a) the preoperative and perioperative variables predictive of extended need for intensive care unit monitoring (>1 day); and b) the type and timing of intensive care unit resources in patients for whom less intensive postoperative monitoring may be feasible. DESIGN Retrospective chart review. SETTING A neurocritical care unit of a university teaching hospital. PATIENTS Patients were 158 consecutive postoperative brain tumor resection patients admitted to a neurocritical care unit within a 1-yr period (1998-1999). INTERVENTIONS None. MEASUREMENTS AND MAIN RESULTS Twenty-three patients (15%) admitted to the neurocritical care unit for >24 hrs were compared with 135 (85%) patients admitted for <24 hrs. Predictors of >1-day stay in the neurocritical care unit in a logistic regression model were a tumor severity index comprising radiologic characteristics of tumor location, mass effect, and midline shift on the preoperative magnetic resonance imaging scan (odds ratio, 12.5; 95% confidence interval, 3.1-50.5); an intraoperative fluid score comprising estimated blood loss, total volume of crystalloid, and other colloid/hypertonic solutions administered (odds ratio, 1.8; 95% confidence interval, 1.2-2.6); and postoperative intubation (odds ratio, 67.5; 95% confidence interval, 6.5-702.0). Area under the receiver operating characteristic curve for the model of independent predictors for staying >1 day in the neurocritical care unit was 0.91. Neurocritical care unit resource use was reviewed in detail for 134 of 135 patients who stayed in the neurocritical care unit for <1 day. Sixty-five (49%) patients required no interventions beyond postanesthetic care and frequent neurologic exams. A total of 226 intensive care unit interventions were performed (mean +/- sd, 1.7 +/- 2.6) in 69 (51%) patients. Ninety (67%) patients had no further interventions after the first 4 hrs. Neurocritical care unit resource use beyond 4 hrs, largely consisting of intravenous analgesic use (72% of orders), was significantly associated with female gender, benign tumor on frozen section biopsy, and postoperative intubation (chi-square, p <.05). CONCLUSIONS A small fraction of patients require prolonged intensive care unit stay after craniotomy for tumor resection. A patient's risk of prolonged stay can be well predicted by certain radiologic findings, large intraoperative blood loss, fluid requirements, and the decision to keep the patient intubated at the end of surgery. Of those patients requiring intensive care unit resources beyond the first 4 hrs, the interventions may not be critical in nature. A prospective outcome study is required to determine feasibility, cost, and outcome of patients cared for in extended recovery and then transferred to a skilled nursing ward.
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- Wendy C Ziai
- Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Batimore, MD, USA
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Canver CC, Chanda J. Intraoperative and postoperative risk factors for respiratory failure after coronary bypass. Ann Thorac Surg 2003; 75:853-7; discussion 857-8. [PMID: 12645706 DOI: 10.1016/s0003-4975(02)04493-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 82] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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BACKGROUND Unlike preoperative events, the influence of intraoperative or postoperative events on respiratory failure after coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) remains unclear. The purpose of this study was to identify intraoperative and postoperative risk factors that predispose respiratory impairment after CABG. METHODS A single institutional database combined with a mandatory report submitted to the Cardiac Surgery Registry of the New York State Department of Health was used. A total of 8,802 consecutive patients who underwent primary CABG with or without a concomitant cardiac operation from January 1993 through December 2000 were included. Respiratory failure was defined as the need for postoperative mechanical ventilatory support longer than 72 hours. Univariate and multivariate logistic regression model was used in the analysis. RESULTS Of 8,802 consecutive patients (6,234 males and 2,568 females) who underwent CABG with or without a concomitant operation, 491 patients (5.6%) suffered from postoperative respiratory failure. Although univariate analysis identified 39 statistically significant preoperative risk factors for post-CABG respiratory failure, only six preoperative risk factors were statistically significant by multivariate analysis (p < 0.001). CPB time (in 30 minutes increments) was the only validated intraoperative variable that increased the risk of postrespiratory failure (odds ratio [OR], 1.2; p less than 0.0001). Postoperative events contributing significantly to an increased risk of post-CABG respiratory failure were (1) sepsis and endocarditis (OR, 90.4; p < 0.0001), (2) gastrointestinal bleeding with or without infarction and perforation (OR, 38.8; p < 0.0001), (3) renal failure (OR, 30.7; p < 0.0001), (4) deep sternal wound infection (OR, 11.3; p < 0.0001), (5) new stroke, intraoperative at 24 hours (OR, 9.3; p < 0.0001), and (6) bleeding that required reoperation (OR, 5.5; p < 0.0001). All perioperative variables together accounted for only 28.6% (R2) of the variation. CONCLUSIONS Respiratory function after CABG is readily influenced by postoperative occurrence of extracardiac organ or system complications.
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- Charles C Canver
- Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, The Heart Institute, Albany Medical College, Albany, New York 12208, USA.
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Meurette G, Hamy A, Bizouarn P, Lehur PA. [Intensive care unit hospitalization after colorectal surgery]. ANNALES DE CHIRURGIE 2002; 127:356-61. [PMID: 12094418 DOI: 10.1016/s0003-3944(02)00772-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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OBJECTIVE Intensive care units (ICU) support critically ill patients during the perioperative period. Few studies exist focusing on ICU hospitalisation after colorectal surgery. The objective of the study was to 1) detect predictive factors of mortality and length of stay in ICU after colorectal procedures, and 2) compare the autonomy status of the patients before and 30 days after their ICU stay. PATIENTS AND METHODS This study followed a prospective non randomized cohort in our colorectal surgery unit. During a period of one year (January 1st to December 31th, 2000) 351 colorectal procedures were performed and 54 patients were admitted to ICU after surgery. For each patient, 37 parameters were collected on a standardized register. Predictive factors of mortality (30 days after the procedure) and ICU stay (up to 3 days) were studied by univariate and multivariate statistical analysis. Self autonomy before surgery and 30 days after was also investigated. RESULTS "Multiple-intervention" was the only independent factor influencing mortality. Both "low autonomy status before surgery" and "pulmonary comorbidity" increased the length of stay. Regarding the 48 survivors, 45 (94%) recovered the same autonomy index as in the preoperative period 30 days after the procedure. CONCLUSION This study highlights the poor predictive factors influencing mortality during or after ICU stay following colorectal surgery, and emphasizes two preoperative parameters increasing the length of stay up to 3 days. This should guide the informations given to the patients families. Finally, this study confirms the good quality of self-sufficiency after ICU stay even for a long time (over 3 days).
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- Clinique chirurgicale II, pôle digestif, CHU Hôtel-Dieu, 1, place A. Ricordeau, 44093 Nantes, France
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Since the development of the first general outcome prediction models, these instruments have been widely used in the intensive care unit (ICU), both for patient evaluation and for ICU evaluation. Since some of these uses have been serious questioned, we assisted in the last years to the exploration of alternative paths for increasing the predictive power of the models and to enhance their applicability and utility in the real world. Part of these efforts focused on the exploration of more meaningful outcomes (clinical and non-clinical) with a strong tonic into the relation between outcomes and resources use. Also, since it is now widely recognized that the ICU is not an island, but it is integrated in a continuum of care, more and more efforts are being made to optimize and evaluate the interface between the ICU and the hospital, both at ICU admission and at ICU discharge. The objective of this review is to present and discuss, to the clinician working in the ICU, these emerging issues.
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- R Moreno
- Unidade de Cuidados Intensivos Polivalente, Hospital de Santo António dos Capuchos, Alameda de Santo António dos Capuchos, Lisboa, Portugal.
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Donoghue J, Decker V, Mitten-Lewis S, Blay N. Critical care dependency tool: monitoring the changes. Aust Crit Care 2001; 14:56-63. [PMID: 11899442 DOI: 10.1016/s1036-7314(01)80005-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022] Open
Abstract
The critical care patient dependency system (CCPD) is a factorial patient acuity system developed in 1993 by Ferguson and Harris-Ingall' for use in adult critical care areas. It was developed specifically to help determine Australian nursing cost weights and was utilised to collect data from nine Sydney critical care units from October 1992 until May 1993. The St. George Hospital (SGH) general intensive care unit, one of the nine participating hospitals, continues to use and collect data with the CCPD. This paper describes the instrument and compares data on Australian national diagnosis related groups (ANDRGs), collected during the original study, to ANDRG information on the critical care population 3 and 6 years later. In addition, the paper examines and compares the demographics of the SGH critical care patient population, patient acuity (based upon CCPD patient scores) and intensive care nursing clinical practices collected over a 3 month period in 1996 and again in 1999. Demographic and patient acuity data for SGH in 1993 are unavailable and so comparisons were unable to be made. The findings demonstrate changes in the management of critically ill patients, especially in relation to ventilation management, wound care and invasive monitoring practices; this resulted in shifts to the nursing workload. For this reason, the instrument is useful in providing nurse managers with information about patient dependencies and nursing work.
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- J Donoghue
- University of Technology Sydney & The St. George Hospital, NSW
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