TY - JOUR
T1 - Acute Mesenteric Ischemia Remains a Highly Morbid Diagnosis after Initial Hospitalization Survival
AU - Erben, Y.
AU - Spaulding, A. C.
AU - Oderich, G. S.
AU - Da Rocha-Franco, J. A.
AU - Farres, H.
AU - Cochuyt, J. J.
AU - Sorrells, W. S.
AU - Oldenburg, A. W.
AU - Frey, G. T.
AU - Toskich, B. B.
AU - Becher, R.
AU - Hakaim, A. G.
N1 - Funding Information:
This study was supported in part by the Mayo Clinic Robert D. and Patricia E. Kern Center for the Science of Health Care Delivery.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2020 Royal Society of Chemistry. All rights reserved.
PY - 2020/9/1
Y1 - 2020/9/1
N2 - Acute mesenteric ischemia (AMI) remains a vascular emergency. Our aim was to explore readmission for AMI. We identified all patients admitted for AMI from the state of California through the Healthcare and Utilization Project from 2005 to 2011. Our primary end point was the rate and etiology for readmission. Our secondary end points were the length of hospitalization and in-hospital mortality. Cox proportional hazard regression was utilized to assess risk of 30-day readmission. There were 534 (9.9%) readmissions at 30 days. The mean age was 67 ± 17 years and 209 (39.1%) were male. The five most common etiologies for readmission were AMI (7.6%), cardiac events (5.3%), severe sepsis (1.2%), dehydration (1.1%), and acute kidney failure (1.1%). Once readmitted, these patients were most likely to experience cardiac catheterizations (25.4%), red blood cell transfusions (23.6%), intubation and mechanical ventilation (17.6%), biopsy of the large intestine (13.9%), reoperation for small bowel resection (10.9%), administration of total parenteral nutrition (10.5%), and transfusion of other blood products (6.9%). This hospitalization was 8.8 ± 12.7 days long. In-hospital mortality was 36 patients (6.7%). On multivariable Cox-regression analysis, severe (hazard ratio [HR]: 2.1 [1.4-3.2], p = 0.0005) and moderate (HR: 1.5 [1.03-2.13], p = 0.04) Elixhauser Comorbidity Group, complications (HR: 1.5 [1.2-1.9], p = 0.0007), and longer index hospitalization (HR: 1.02 [1.01-1.02], p < 0.0001) were predictors of readmission. Conclusion AMI remains a vascular emergency. Readmissions have a significant rate of morbid invasive procedures and can lead to an in-hospital mortality of 6.7%. The adoption of guidelines similar to the European Society for Trauma and Emergency Surgery should be considered.
AB - Acute mesenteric ischemia (AMI) remains a vascular emergency. Our aim was to explore readmission for AMI. We identified all patients admitted for AMI from the state of California through the Healthcare and Utilization Project from 2005 to 2011. Our primary end point was the rate and etiology for readmission. Our secondary end points were the length of hospitalization and in-hospital mortality. Cox proportional hazard regression was utilized to assess risk of 30-day readmission. There were 534 (9.9%) readmissions at 30 days. The mean age was 67 ± 17 years and 209 (39.1%) were male. The five most common etiologies for readmission were AMI (7.6%), cardiac events (5.3%), severe sepsis (1.2%), dehydration (1.1%), and acute kidney failure (1.1%). Once readmitted, these patients were most likely to experience cardiac catheterizations (25.4%), red blood cell transfusions (23.6%), intubation and mechanical ventilation (17.6%), biopsy of the large intestine (13.9%), reoperation for small bowel resection (10.9%), administration of total parenteral nutrition (10.5%), and transfusion of other blood products (6.9%). This hospitalization was 8.8 ± 12.7 days long. In-hospital mortality was 36 patients (6.7%). On multivariable Cox-regression analysis, severe (hazard ratio [HR]: 2.1 [1.4-3.2], p = 0.0005) and moderate (HR: 1.5 [1.03-2.13], p = 0.04) Elixhauser Comorbidity Group, complications (HR: 1.5 [1.2-1.9], p = 0.0007), and longer index hospitalization (HR: 1.02 [1.01-1.02], p < 0.0001) were predictors of readmission. Conclusion AMI remains a vascular emergency. Readmissions have a significant rate of morbid invasive procedures and can lead to an in-hospital mortality of 6.7%. The adoption of guidelines similar to the European Society for Trauma and Emergency Surgery should be considered.
KW - acute mesenteric ischemia
KW - guidelines
KW - length of hospitalization
KW - mesenteric ischemia
KW - mortality
KW - readmission
KW - treatment
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U2 - 10.1055/s-0039-1700984
DO - 10.1055/s-0039-1700984
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85094671256
SN - 1061-1711
VL - 29
SP - 189
EP - 195
JO - International Journal of Angiology
JF - International Journal of Angiology
IS - 3
ER -