Shashank S Sinha1, Michael W Sjoding2, Devraj Sukul2, Hallie C Prescott2, Theodore J Iwashyna2, Hitinder S Gurm2, Colin R Cooke2, Brahmajee K Nallamothu2. 1. From the Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Samuel and Jean Frankel Cardiovascular Center (S.S.S., D.S., H.S.G., B.K.N.), Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine (M.W.S., H.C.P., T.J.I., C.R.C.), Michigan Integrated Center for Health Analytics and Medical Prediction, Institute for Healthcare Policy and Innovation (S.S.S., M.W.S., H.C.P., T.J.I., B.K.N.), and Michigan Center for Integrative Research in Critical Care (S.S.S., M.W.S., H.C.P., T.J.I., C.R.C., B.K.N.), University of Michigan, Ann Arbor; and Center for Clinical Management Research, Ann Arbor Veterans Affairs Healthcare System, MI (H.C.P., T.J.I., H.S.G., B.K.N.). sssinha@med.umich.edu. 2. From the Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Samuel and Jean Frankel Cardiovascular Center (S.S.S., D.S., H.S.G., B.K.N.), Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine (M.W.S., H.C.P., T.J.I., C.R.C.), Michigan Integrated Center for Health Analytics and Medical Prediction, Institute for Healthcare Policy and Innovation (S.S.S., M.W.S., H.C.P., T.J.I., B.K.N.), and Michigan Center for Integrative Research in Critical Care (S.S.S., M.W.S., H.C.P., T.J.I., C.R.C., B.K.N.), University of Michigan, Ann Arbor; and Center for Clinical Management Research, Ann Arbor Veterans Affairs Healthcare System, MI (H.C.P., T.J.I., H.S.G., B.K.N.).
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Early reports suggest the number of cardiac intensive care unit (CICU) patients with primary noncardiac diagnoses is rising in the United States, but no national data currently exist. We examined changes in primary noncardiac diagnoses among elderly patients admitted to a CICU during the past decade. METHODS AND RESULTS: Using 2003 to 2013 Medicare data, we grouped elderly patients admitted to CICUs into 2 categories based on principal diagnosis at discharge: (1) primary noncardiac diagnoses and (2) primary cardiac diagnoses. We examined changes in patient demographics, comorbidities, procedure use, and risk-adjusted in-hospital mortality. Among 3.4 million admissions with a CICU stay, primary noncardiac diagnoses rose in prevalence from 38.0% to 51.7% between 2003 and 2013. The fastest rising primary noncardiac diagnoses were infectious diseases (7.8%-15.1%) and respiratory diseases (6.0%-7.6%; P<0.001 for both), whereas the fastest declining primary cardiac diagnosis was coronary artery disease (32.3%-19.0%; P<0.001). Simultaneously, the prevalence of both cardiovascular and noncardiovascular comorbidities rose: heart failure (13.9%-34.4%), pulmonary vascular disease (1.2%-7.1%), valvular heart disease (5.0%-9.8%), and renal failure (7.1%-19.6%; P<0.001 for all). As compared with those with primary cardiac diagnoses, elderly CICU patients with primary noncardiac diagnoses had higher rates of noncardiac procedure use and risk-adjusted in-hospital mortality (P<0.001 for all). Risk-adjusted in-hospital mortality declined slightly in the overall cohort from 9.3% to 8.9% (P<0.001). CONCLUSIONS: More than half of all elderly patients with a CICU stay across the United States now have primary noncardiac diagnoses at discharge. These patients receive different types of care and have worse outcomes than patients with primary cardiac diagnoses. Our work has important implications for the development of appropriate training and staffing models for the future critical care workforce.
BACKGROUND: Early reports suggest the number of cardiac intensive care unit (CICU) patients with primary noncardiac diagnoses is rising in the United States, but no national data currently exist. We examined changes in primary noncardiac diagnoses among elderly patients admitted to a CICU during the past decade. METHODS AND RESULTS: Using 2003 to 2013 Medicare data, we grouped elderly patients admitted to CICUs into 2 categories based on principal diagnosis at discharge: (1) primary noncardiac diagnoses and (2) primary cardiac diagnoses. We examined changes in patient demographics, comorbidities, procedure use, and risk-adjusted in-hospital mortality. Among 3.4 million admissions with a CICU stay, primary noncardiac diagnoses rose in prevalence from 38.0% to 51.7% between 2003 and 2013. The fastest rising primary noncardiac diagnoses were infectious diseases (7.8%-15.1%) and respiratory diseases (6.0%-7.6%; P<0.001 for both), whereas the fastest declining primary cardiac diagnosis was coronary artery disease (32.3%-19.0%; P<0.001). Simultaneously, the prevalence of both cardiovascular and noncardiovascular comorbidities rose: heart failure (13.9%-34.4%), pulmonary vascular disease (1.2%-7.1%), valvular heart disease (5.0%-9.8%), and renal failure (7.1%-19.6%; P<0.001 for all). As compared with those with primary cardiac diagnoses, elderly CICU patients with primary noncardiac diagnoses had higher rates of noncardiac procedure use and risk-adjusted in-hospital mortality (P<0.001 for all). Risk-adjusted in-hospital mortality declined slightly in the overall cohort from 9.3% to 8.9% (P<0.001). CONCLUSIONS: More than half of all elderly patients with a CICU stay across the United States now have primary noncardiac diagnoses at discharge. These patients receive different types of care and have worse outcomes than patients with primary cardiac diagnoses. Our work has important implications for the development of appropriate training and staffing models for the future critical care workforce.
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