The impact of a medically directed student registered nurse anesthesia staffing model on Postprocedural patient outcomes.

Autor: Li G; Department of Anesthesiology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, United States., Freundlich RE; Department of Anesthesiology, Department of Biomedical Informatics, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, United States., Rice MJ; Department of Anesthesiology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, United States., Dunworth BA; Department of Anesthesiology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, United States., Sandberg WS; Department of Anesthesiology, Department of Biomedical Informatics, Department of Surgery, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, United States., Higgins MS; Department of Anesthesiology, Department of Biomedical Informatics, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, United States., Wanderer JP; Department of Anesthesiology, Department of Biomedical Informatics, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, United States. Electronic address: jon.wanderer@vumc.org.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Journal of clinical anesthesia [J Clin Anesth] 2024 Jun; Vol. 94, pp. 111413. Date of Electronic Publication: 2024 Feb 15.
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclinane.2024.111413
Abstrakt: Study Objective: In 2018, the American Society of Anesthesiologists stated that student registered nurse anesthetists (SRNAs) "are not yet fully qualified anesthesia personnel." It remains unclear, however, whether postprocedural outcomes are affected by SRNAs providing anesthesia care under the medical direction of anesthesiologists, as compared with medically directed anesthesiology fellows or residents, or certified registered nurse anesthetists (CRNAs). We therefore aimed to examine whether medically directed SRNAs serving as in-room anesthesia providers impact surgical outcomes.
Design: Retrospective, matched-cohort analysis.
Setting: Adult patients (≥18 years old) undergoing inpatient surgery between 2000 and 2017 at a tertiary academic medical center.
Patients: 15,365 patients exclusively cared for by medically directed SRNAs were matched to 15,365 cared for by medically directed CRNAs, anesthesiology residents, and/or fellows.
Interventions: None.
Measurements: The primary composite outcome was postoperative occurrence of in-hospital mortality and six categories of major morbidities (infectious, bleeding, serious cardiac, gastrointestinal, respiratory, and urinary complications). In-hospital mortality was analyzed as the secondary outcome.
Main Results: In all, 30,730 cases were matched using propensity score matching to control for potential confounding. The primary outcome was identified in 2295 (7.5%) cases (7.5% with exclusive medically directed SRNAs vs 7.4% with medically directed CRNAs, residents and/or fellows; relative risk, 1.02; 95% CI, 0.94-1.11). Thus, our effort to determine noninferiority (10% difference in relative risk) with other providers was inconclusive (P = .07). However, the medically directed SRNA group (0.8% [118]) was found to be noninferior (P < .001) to the matched group (1.0% [156]) on in-hospital mortality (relative risk, 0.75; 95% CI, 0.59-0.96).
Conclusions: Among 30,730 patients undergoing inpatient surgery at a single hospital, findings were inconclusive regarding whether exclusive medically directed SRNAs as in-room providers were noninferior to other providers. The use of medically directed SRNAs under this staffing model should be subject to further review. Clinical Trial and Registry URL: Not applicable.
Competing Interests: Declaration of competing interest GL: Stock in Johnson and Johnson and Roche Holding AG. REF: Consulting fees from Phillips healthcare.
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Databáze: MEDLINE
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