Predictive Value of Emergency Designation on Outcomes of Moribund Patients.

Autor: Turnbull ZA; Anesthesiology, Weill Cornell, New York City, USA., Tangel VE; Anesthesiology, Weill Cornell, New York City, USA., Goldstein PA; Anesthesiology, Weill Cornell, New York City, USA.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Cureus [Cureus] 2022 Jul 15; Vol. 14 (7), pp. e26875. Date of Electronic Publication: 2022 Jul 15 (Print Publication: 2022).
DOI: 10.7759/cureus.26875
Abstrakt: Background: Anesthesiologists are increasingly encountering sicker patients that require potentially life-saving surgical interventions, and assess risk using the American Society of Anesthesiology Physical Status (ASA PS) classification system. Here, we examined long-term mortality along with hospital length of stay (LoS) and discharge disposition for survivors in ASA PS 5 and 5E patients.
Methods: Adult surgeries were extracted from New York-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center's Electronic Medical Record (EMR) for cases between January 1, 2013 and December 31, 2017; outcomes were collected from EMRs and the Social Security Death Index Master File.
Results: 194,947 cases were identified. Mortality correlated with increasing ASA PS; the same trend was observed within both emergent and non-emergent sub-populations. Two hundred seventy-six cases were identified as 5/5E. This patient population had a higher rate of mortality at 30 days than at 48 hours (25.9% vs. 13.4%, respectively, p < 0.01); there was no difference between survivor functions at 30 or 90 days (p = 0.63, p = 0.09, respectively). Survivors within the 5 or 5E subpopulations did not have significantly different LoSs. Further, survivors after 90 days typically had a disposition of hospice, long-term facilities, inpatient rehabilitation, or self-discharged.
Conclusions: Mortality increases with increases in ASA PS classifications. There is no difference in outcomes for 5 vs 5E at 30- or 90-day postoperatively. Similarly, emergency status did not play a role in LoS. Most 5 or 5E patients are not discharged home but to another facility. These outcomes should be considered during the informed consent process in this high-risk surgical population.
Competing Interests: One author (PAG) receives basic science research support from Akelos, Inc., and the National Institutes of Health for work unrelated to this study.
(Copyright © 2022, Turnbull et al.)
Databáze: MEDLINE