scholarly journals Risk factors and outcomes of myocardial injury after non-cardiac surgery in high-risk patients who underwent radical cystectomy

Medicine ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 99 (43) ◽  
pp. e22893
Author(s):  
Jihion Yu ◽  
Bumjin Lim ◽  
Yongsoo Lee ◽  
Jun-Young Park ◽  
Bumsik Hong ◽  
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2020 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Rashid K. Sayyid ◽  
Diana Magee ◽  
Amanda E. Hird ◽  
Benjamin T. Harper ◽  
Eric Webb ◽  
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Introduction: Radical cystectomy (RC) is a highly morbid procedure, with 30-day complication rates approaching 31%. Our objective was to determine risk factors for re-operation within 30 days following a RC for non-metastatic bladder cancer. Methods: We included all patients who underwent a RC for non-metastatic bladder cancer using The American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program database between January 1, 2007 and December 31, 2014. Logistic regression analyses were used to evaluate predictors of re-operation. Results: A total of 2608 patients were included; 5.8% of patients underwent re-operation within 30 days. On multivariable analysis, increasing body mass index (BMI) (odds ratio [OR] 1.04; 95% confidence interval [CI] 1.01–1.07), African-American race (vs. Caucasian OR 2.29; 95% CI 1.21–4.34), and history of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) (OR 2.33; 95% CI 1.45–3.74) were significant predictors of re-operation within 30 days of RC. Urinary diversion type (ileal conduit vs. continent) and history of chemotherapy or radiotherapy within 30 days prior to RC were not. Patients who underwent re-operation within this timeframe had a significantly higher mortality rate (4.0% vs. 1.6%) and were more likely to experience cardiac (7.2% vs. 1.9%), pulmonary (23.0% vs. 3.0%), neurological (2.0% vs. 0.49%), and venous thromboembolic events (10.5% vs. 5.4%), as well as infectious complications (64.5% vs. 24.1%) with a significantly longer hospital length of stay (16.5 vs. 7.0 days). Conclusions: Recognizing increasing BMI, COPD, and African-American race as risk factors for re-operation within 30 days of RC will allow urologists to preoperatively identify such high-risk patients and prompt them to adopt more aggressive approaches to minimize postoperative surgical complications.


2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (s1) ◽  
pp. 29-29
Author(s):  
Robert Edward Freundlich

OBJECTIVES/SPECIFIC AIMS: More than half a million adult patients nationally undergo cardiac surgery each year. Reintubation following cardiac surgery is common and associated with higher short- and long-term mortality, increased cost, and longer lengths of stay. The reintubation incidence is estimated at 5-10%. Patients undergoing cardiac surgery are increasing in age and comorbidity burden, and receive increasingly complex cardiac surgical procedures, complicating decision making around when to extubate postoperative patients. Compounding this complexity are financial pressures to maintain high throughput and maximize ICU bed availability. Providers are often compelled to extubate high-risk patients earlier, despite the potential for an increased risk of reintubation. Understanding the risk factors for reintubation after cardiac surgery and identifying effective interventions to reduce these reintubations is of critical importance to optimize patient outcomes. High-flow nasal cannula (HFNC) provides up to 60 liters per minute of 100% oxygen, dead space washout, and humidification to improve secretion clearance, and has shown some benefits in improving hypoxia and reducing reintubation in select populations. However, its benefit in high-risk patients undergoing cardiac surgical procedures is not known and therefore clinicians may still be reluctant to extubate these patients early and introduce HFNC, despite the known risks of prolonged intubation. To address this important issue, we aim to develop and validate a model to predict postoperative reintubation after cardiac surgery using data readily available from the electronic health record (EHR) and use this data to complete a pilot randomized controlled trial (RCT) of post-extubation HFNC to prevent reintubation in cardiac surgery patients identified as at high risk for reintubation. METHODS/STUDY POPULATION: Based on retrospective data demonstrating a 4.7% reintubation incidence within 48 hours in our CVICU, we estimate that there will be 340 reintubations available for analysis of the risk factors for reintubation to develop our predictive model from November 2, 2017 (our EHR go-live). We require 15 events per predictive variable to avoid overfitting the model, giving us at least 22 variables for analysis and inclusion in the model. Model validation and calibration will be performed using a bootstrapped validation cohort. Next, we will prospectively study 120 patients with a greater than 10% predicted risk of reintubation (double the baseline risk of the overall population) and randomly assign them to either HFNC or usual care, to test the hypothesis that HFNC decreases the rate of reintubation in high-risk patients. RESULTS/ANTICIPATED RESULTS: In addition to developing a predictive model, refining it, and validating its ability to predict the primary outcome of reintubation within 48 hours, I will further assess whether HFNC reduces total duration of mechanical ventilation, hospital length of stay, and ICU length of stay in this high-risk population. I will use these data to establish the feasibility of EHR-integrated predictive modeling and randomization, as well as to guide a future multicenter clinical trial that will pragmatically leverage the EHR for patient selection, enrollment, randomization, and data collection. DISCUSSION/SIGNIFICANCE OF IMPACT: Assuming HFNC decreases reintubation rates by 50%, at a 1:1 ratio of cases to controls, we will require 435 patients in each group (970 total), to have an 80% power and alpha of 0.05 to detect a difference. As this will require a multicenter study, we will instead focus on using data from this pilot study to: 1) refine our sample size estimates. 2) demonstrate the feasibility of our novel EHR-integrated pragmatic trial design. 3) identify and screen collaborators at other institutions, including obtaining important regulatory and legal approval. 4) establish a data safety monitoring board for the trial. 5) refine the data collection infrastructure, leveraging commercially available resources in one of the largest enterprise EHR systems (Epic) and associated resource-sharing products, such as Epic’s App Orchard.


Author(s):  
Phillip M. Kleespies ◽  
Justin M. Hill

This chapter illustrates the mental health clinician’s relationship with behavioral emergencies. The chapter begins by distinguishing the terms behavioral emergency and behavioral crisis, and underlying themes among all behavioral emergencies are identified. Given that most clinicians will face a behavioral emergency in their careers, the importance of enhancing the process of educating and training practitioners for such situations far beyond the minimal training that currently exists is highlighted. The chapter continues by exploring various aspects of evaluating and managing high-risk patients (i.e., those who exhibit violent tendencies toward themselves or others, and those at risk for victimization). It includes a discussion of the benefits and limitations to estimating life-threatening risk factors and specific protective factors. The chapter concludes by discussing the emotional impact that working with high-risk patients has on clinicians, and an emphasis is placed on the importance of creating a supportive work environment.


2012 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
pp. 415-419
Author(s):  
J K Mitra

Hypotension during spinal anaesthesia for caesarean section remains a common scenario in our clinical practice. Certain risk factors play a role in altering the incidence of hypotension. Aortocaval compression counteraction does not help to prevent hypotension. Intravenous crystalloid prehydration has poor efficacy; thus, the focus has changed toward co-hydration and use of colloids. Phenylephrine is established as a first- line vasopressor, although there are limited data from high-risk patients. Ephedrine crosses the placenta more than phenylephrine and cause possible alterations in the foetal physiology.http://dx.doi.org/10.3126/kumj.v8i4.6242 Kathmandu Univ Med J 2010;8(4):415-19   


2014 ◽  
Vol 186 (2) ◽  
pp. 496
Author(s):  
K.E. Omernick ◽  
S.E. Tevis ◽  
G.E. Leverson ◽  
E.J. Abel ◽  
D.F. Jarrard ◽  
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