Healthcare utilization after elective surgery in patients with obstructive sleep apnea – analysis of a nationwide data set
| Autor: | Max Hirshkowitz, Ritwick Agrawal, Amir Sharafkhaneh, Venkata Bandi, Andrew Spiegelman |
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| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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medicine.medical_specialty
Logistic regression law.invention 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine law Health care medicine Humans Elective surgery Retrospective Studies Sleep Apnea Obstructive business.industry Sleep apnea General Medicine Patient Acceptance of Health Care medicine.disease Intensive care unit Obstructive sleep apnea 030228 respiratory system Elective Surgical Procedures Case-Control Studies Emergency medicine Female business Elective Surgical Procedure 030217 neurology & neurosurgery Cohort study |
| Zdroj: | Sleep Medicine. 81:294-299 |
| ISSN: | 1389-9457 |
| Popis: | Background Obstructive sleep apnea is prevalent among those undergoing elective surgery and likely introduces a risk of adverse outcomes. To understand its impact, we aimed to compare healthcare utilization in postsurgical patients with obstructive sleep apnea compared to controls matched on the surgical care environment. Methods This is a retrospective case–control cohort study using a nationwide database. Among patients undergoing elective surgical procedures during 2009–2014, we compared patients with obstructive sleep apnea with those without obstructive sleep apnea. The two cohorts were matched based on age, sex, type of surgery, performing surgeon, the hospital where the procedure was performed, and various All-Patient-Refined Diagnosis-Related-Groups severity indices. The primary effect of interest was short-term healthcare utilization. We also compared long-term hospital admissions, intensive care unit admissions, emergency room visits and outpatient visits. Results 47,719 subjects and controls were matched on a 1:1 basis. As the subjects were matched, the two groups did not differ on age, percent female, and various Diagnosis-Related-Groups severity indices. The obstructive sleep apnea group had more comorbid conditions and a higher Elixhauser index. Short-term healthcare utilization measured by the length of stay and mortality related to index procedure did not increase in the sleep apnea group. In hierarchical logistical regression analysis, the presence of sleep apnea predicted higher long-term health care utilization. Conclusions Our data suggests that the presence of sleep apnea was not associated with increased post elective surgical length of stay and mortality; however, the presence of obstructive sleep apnea was associated with long-term health care utilization. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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