TY - JOUR
T1 - Predictors of Venous Thromboembolism After Nonemergent Craniotomy
T2 - A Nationwide Readmission Database Analysis
AU - Buchanan, Ian A.
AU - Lin, Michelle
AU - Donoho, Daniel A.
AU - Patel, Arati
AU - Ding, Li
AU - Amar, Arun P.
AU - Giannotta, Steven L.
AU - Mack, William J.
AU - Attenello, Frank
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2018 Elsevier Inc.
PY - 2019/2
Y1 - 2019/2
N2 - Background: Venous thromboembolism (VTE) is responsible for many hospital readmissions each year, particularly among postsurgical cohorts. Because early and indiscriminate VTE prophylaxis carries catastrophic consequences in postcraniotomy cohorts, identifying factors associated with a high risk for thromboembolic complications is important for guiding postoperative management. Objective: To determine VTE incidence in patients undergoing nonemergent craniotomy and to evaluate for factors that predict 30-day and 90-day readmission with VTE. Methods: The 2010–2014 cohorts of the Nationwide Readmissions Database were used to generate a large heterogeneous craniotomy sample. Results: There were 89,450 nonemergent craniotomies that met inclusion criteria. Within 30 days, 1513 patients (1.69%) were readmitted with VTE diagnoses; among them, 678 (44.8%) had a diagnosis of deep vein thrombosis alone, 450 (29.7%) had pulmonary embolism alone, and 385 (25.4%) had both. The corresponding 30-day deep vein thrombosis and pulmonary embolism incidences were 1.19% and 0.93%, respectively. In multivariate analysis, several factors were significantly associated with VTE readmission, namely, craniotomy for tumor, corticosteroids, advanced age, greater length of stay, and discharge to institutional care. Conclusions: Craniotomies for tumor, corticosteroids, advanced age, prolonged length of stay, and discharge to institutional care are significant predictors of VTE readmission. The implication of steroids, coupled with their ubiquity in neurosurgery, makes them a potentially modifiable risk factor and a prime target for VTE reduction in craniotomy cohorts. Furthermore, the fact that dose is proportional to VTE risk in the literature suggests that careful consideration should be given toward decreasing regimens in situations in which use of a lower dose might prove equally sufficient.
AB - Background: Venous thromboembolism (VTE) is responsible for many hospital readmissions each year, particularly among postsurgical cohorts. Because early and indiscriminate VTE prophylaxis carries catastrophic consequences in postcraniotomy cohorts, identifying factors associated with a high risk for thromboembolic complications is important for guiding postoperative management. Objective: To determine VTE incidence in patients undergoing nonemergent craniotomy and to evaluate for factors that predict 30-day and 90-day readmission with VTE. Methods: The 2010–2014 cohorts of the Nationwide Readmissions Database were used to generate a large heterogeneous craniotomy sample. Results: There were 89,450 nonemergent craniotomies that met inclusion criteria. Within 30 days, 1513 patients (1.69%) were readmitted with VTE diagnoses; among them, 678 (44.8%) had a diagnosis of deep vein thrombosis alone, 450 (29.7%) had pulmonary embolism alone, and 385 (25.4%) had both. The corresponding 30-day deep vein thrombosis and pulmonary embolism incidences were 1.19% and 0.93%, respectively. In multivariate analysis, several factors were significantly associated with VTE readmission, namely, craniotomy for tumor, corticosteroids, advanced age, greater length of stay, and discharge to institutional care. Conclusions: Craniotomies for tumor, corticosteroids, advanced age, prolonged length of stay, and discharge to institutional care are significant predictors of VTE readmission. The implication of steroids, coupled with their ubiquity in neurosurgery, makes them a potentially modifiable risk factor and a prime target for VTE reduction in craniotomy cohorts. Furthermore, the fact that dose is proportional to VTE risk in the literature suggests that careful consideration should be given toward decreasing regimens in situations in which use of a lower dose might prove equally sufficient.
KW - Adult cohort
KW - Craniotomy
KW - Deep vein thrombosis (DVT)
KW - Nationwide database
KW - Pulmonary embolism (PE)
KW - Readmission
KW - Venous thromboembolism (VTE)
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U2 - 10.1016/j.wneu.2018.10.237
DO - 10.1016/j.wneu.2018.10.237
M3 - Article
C2 - 30465948
AN - SCOPUS:85058073054
SN - 1878-8750
VL - 122
SP - e1102-e1110
JO - World neurosurgery
JF - World neurosurgery
ER -