Emmanuel Akintoye1, Oluwole Adegbala2, Alexander Egbe3, Emmanuel Olawusi4, Luis Afonso2, Alexandros Briasoulis5. 1. Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Iowa Hospital and Clinics, Iowa, IA, United States. Electronic address: emmanuel-akintoye@uiowa.edu. 2. Division of Cardiology, Wayne State University/Detroit Medical Center, Detroit, MI, United States. 3. Division of Cardiology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, United States. 4. University of Texas Health Science Center, United States. 5. Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Iowa Hospital and Clinics, Iowa, IA, United States.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Prior studies have shown that hospital case volume is not associated with survival in patients with out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA). However, how case volume impact on survival for in-hospital cardiac arrest (IHCA) is unknown. METHODS: We queried the National Inpatient Sample (NIS) in the U.S. 2005-2011 to identify cases in which in-hospital CPR was performed for IHCA. Restricted cubic spine was used to evaluate the association between hospital annual CPR volume and survival to hospital discharge. RESULTS: Across more than 1000 hospitals in NIS, we identified 125,082 cases (mean age 67, 45% female) of IHCA for which CPR was performed over the study period. Median [Q1, Q3] case volume was 60 [34, 99]. Compared to those in the 1 st quartile of case volume, hospitals in the 4th quartile tends to have younger patients (mean = 66 vs 68 yrs), higher comorbidities (median Elixhauser score = 4 vs 3), and in low income areas (37 vs 30%). Overall, 23% of the patients survived to hospital discharge. There was a non-linear association between CPR volume and survival: a non-significant trend towards better survival was observed with increasing annual CPR volume that reached a plateau at 51-55 cases per year, after which survival began to drop and became significantly lower after 75 cases per year (p for non-linearity<0.001). Compared to those in first quartile of case volume, hospitals in 4th quartile had higher length of stay (median = 8 vs 10 days, respectively) and higher rate of non-routine home discharge (64% vs 67%) among those who survived. CONCLUSION: Unlike OHCA, low CPR volume is an indicator of good performing hospitals and increasing CPR case volume does not translate to improve survival for IHCA.
BACKGROUND: Prior studies have shown that hospital case volume is not associated with survival in patients with out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA). However, how case volume impact on survival for in-hospital cardiac arrest (IHCA) is unknown. METHODS: We queried the National Inpatient Sample (NIS) in the U.S. 2005-2011 to identify cases in which in-hospital CPR was performed for IHCA. Restricted cubic spine was used to evaluate the association between hospital annual CPR volume and survival to hospital discharge. RESULTS: Across more than 1000 hospitals in NIS, we identified 125,082 cases (mean age 67, 45% female) of IHCA for which CPR was performed over the study period. Median [Q1, Q3] case volume was 60 [34, 99]. Compared to those in the 1 st quartile of case volume, hospitals in the 4th quartile tends to have younger patients (mean = 66 vs 68 yrs), higher comorbidities (median Elixhauser score = 4 vs 3), and in low income areas (37 vs 30%). Overall, 23% of the patients survived to hospital discharge. There was a non-linear association between CPR volume and survival: a non-significant trend towards better survival was observed with increasing annual CPR volume that reached a plateau at 51-55 cases per year, after which survival began to drop and became significantly lower after 75 cases per year (p for non-linearity<0.001). Compared to those in first quartile of case volume, hospitals in 4th quartile had higher length of stay (median = 8 vs 10 days, respectively) and higher rate of non-routine home discharge (64% vs 67%) among those who survived. CONCLUSION: Unlike OHCA, low CPR volume is an indicator of good performing hospitals and increasing CPR case volume does not translate to improve survival for IHCA.
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