M Bock1, M Bauer, L Rösler, B Sinner, J Motsch. 1. Abteilung 1 für Anästhesie und Intensivmedizin, Zentralkrankenhaus, Lorenz-Böhler-Strasse 5, 39100 Bozen. matthias.bock@asbz.it
Abstract
BACKGROUND AND GOAL: Forced by the current economical situation, German hospitals have to reconsider their clinical productivity. When caregivers introduce new therapeutic concepts medical quality should either be improved without increasing costs or when reducing costs medical quality should be maintained. In the surgical field postoperative shivering reduces both patient comfort and medical quality. We therefore investigated the clinical pathway prevention of shivering with dolasetron in a prospective, randomized, placebo-controlled analysis of cost-effectiveness. MATERIAL AND METHODS: After written informed consent we randomized 40 patients scheduled for lumbar disc hernia repair or head and neck surgery into two groups: patients of group D received dolasetron 1 mg/kg body weight during surgery whereas patients of group K received 100 ml saline as placebo. Primary endpoints were the incidence of shivering, the length of stay in the postanesthesia care unit and process-associated costs. Secondary endpoint was the influence on perioperative thermoregulation. RESULTS: We observed postanesthetic shivering in 5 patients belonging to group D in comparison to 15 patients receiving the placebo (p<0.05). The length of stay in the postanesthesia care unit was shorter in patients allocated to dolasetron (mean+/-SD; group D: 43+/-16 min, group K 62+/-18 min, p<0.05). There was a significant saving in process-associated personnel costs (personnel costs in group D EUR 41.26+/-14, personnel costs in group K EUR 53.15+/-15) but in contrast the process-associated material costs were significantly increased (group D EUR 17.16+/-3, group K EUR 0.73+/-1, p<0.05). CONCLUSIONS: The optimization of the clinical process and medical quality induced by a prophylaxis against shivering and postoperative nausea and vomiting compensates for the increased use of pharmaceutical resources in our setting.
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BACKGROUND AND GOAL: Forced by the current economical situation, German hospitals have to reconsider their clinical productivity. When caregivers introduce new therapeutic concepts medical quality should either be improved without increasing costs or when reducing costs medical quality should be maintained. In the surgical field postoperative shivering reduces both patient comfort and medical quality. We therefore investigated the clinical pathway prevention of shivering with dolasetron in a prospective, randomized, placebo-controlled analysis of cost-effectiveness. MATERIAL AND METHODS: After written informed consent we randomized 40 patients scheduled for lumbar disc hernia repair or head and neck surgery into two groups: patients of group D received dolasetron 1 mg/kg body weight during surgery whereas patients of group K received 100 ml saline as placebo. Primary endpoints were the incidence of shivering, the length of stay in the postanesthesia care unit and process-associated costs. Secondary endpoint was the influence on perioperative thermoregulation. RESULTS: We observed postanesthetic shivering in 5 patients belonging to group D in comparison to 15 patients receiving the placebo (p<0.05). The length of stay in the postanesthesia care unit was shorter in patients allocated to dolasetron (mean+/-SD; group D: 43+/-16 min, group K 62+/-18 min, p<0.05). There was a significant saving in process-associated personnel costs (personnel costs in group D EUR 41.26+/-14, personnel costs in group K EUR 53.15+/-15) but in contrast the process-associated material costs were significantly increased (group D EUR 17.16+/-3, group K EUR 0.73+/-1, p<0.05). CONCLUSIONS: The optimization of the clinical process and medical quality induced by a prophylaxis against shivering and postoperative nausea and vomiting compensates for the increased use of pharmaceutical resources in our setting.
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