OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to identify variables associated with infection-related never events in patients undergoing radical neck dissections for head and neck cancer. STUDY DESIGN: All hospitalizations with head and neck cancer that underwent radical dissection of cervical lymph nodes were selected from the Nationwide Inpatient Sample. Predictor variables included patient and hospital-level factors. Outcome variable was occurrence of ≥1 never events. Association between predictor and outcome variables was examined by using bivariate and multivariable logistic regression models. RESULTS: There were 10,660 hospitalizations. At least 1 never event occurred in 7.8% of hospitalizations. Teaching hospitals were associated with higher odds of having ≥1 never event compared with nonteaching hospitals (odds ratio 1.92; P = .02). Presence of comorbid conditions and race were other significant predictors of never events. CONCLUSIONS: Teaching hospitals and presence of comorbid conditions were associated with higher odds of experiencing a never event.
OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to identify variables associated with infection-related never events in patients undergoing radical neck dissections for head and neck cancer. STUDY DESIGN: All hospitalizations with head and neck cancer that underwent radical dissection of cervical lymph nodes were selected from the Nationwide Inpatient Sample. Predictor variables included patient and hospital-level factors. Outcome variable was occurrence of ≥1 never events. Association between predictor and outcome variables was examined by using bivariate and multivariable logistic regression models. RESULTS: There were 10,660 hospitalizations. At least 1 never event occurred in 7.8% of hospitalizations. Teaching hospitals were associated with higher odds of having ≥1 never event compared with nonteaching hospitals (odds ratio 1.92; P = .02). Presence of comorbid conditions and race were other significant predictors of never events. CONCLUSIONS: Teaching hospitals and presence of comorbid conditions were associated with higher odds of experiencing a never event.
Authors: Frank J Attenello; Timothy Wen; Steven Y Cen; Alvin Ng; May Kim-Tenser; Nerses Sanossian; Arun P Amar; William J Mack Journal: BMJ Date: 2015-04-15
Authors: Leah M Pyter; Yasmin Husain; Humberto Calero; Daniel B McKim; Hsin-Yun Lin; Jonathan P Godbout; John F Sheridan; Christopher G Engeland; Phillip T Marucha Journal: PLoS One Date: 2016-08-22 Impact factor: 3.240