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Postoperative intensive care unit stay after minimally invasive esophagectomy shows large hospital variation. Results from the Dutch Upper Gastrointestinal Cancer Audit. / Dutch Upper Gastrointestinal Cancer Audit (DUCA) group.
In: European journal of surgical oncology, Vol. 47, No. 8, 08.2021, p. 1961-1968.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review
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T1 - Postoperative intensive care unit stay after minimally invasive esophagectomy shows large hospital variation. Results from the Dutch Upper Gastrointestinal Cancer Audit
AU - Voeten, Daan M.
AU - van der Werf, Leonie R.
AU - Gisbertz, Suzanne S.
AU - Ruurda, Jelle P.
AU - van Berge Henegouwen, Mark I.
AU - van Hillegersberg, Richard
AU - van Det, Marc J.
AU - van Duijvendijk, Peter
AU - van Esser, Stijn
AU - van Etten, Boudewijn
AU - van der Harst, Erwin
AU - Hartgrink, Henk H.
AU - Heisterkamp, Joos
AU - Nieuwenhuijzen, Grard A. P.
AU - van der Peet, Donald L.
AU - Pierie, Jean-Pierre E. N.
AU - Rosman, Camiel
AU - van Sandick, Johanna W.
AU - Sosef, Meindert N.
AU - Dutch Upper Gastrointestinal Cancer Audit (DUCA) group
AU - Wijnhoven, Bas P. L.
N1 - Funding Information: MIvBH is consultant for Mylan, Johnson & Johnson, Alesi Surgical and Medtronic, and received research grants from Olympus and Stryker. RvH and JPR are consultants for Medtronic and are proctoring surgeons for Intuitive Surgical Inc. and train other surgeons in robot-assisted minimally invasive esophagectomy. For the remaining authors no conflicts of interest were declared. Publisher Copyright: © 2021 The Author(s)
PY - 2021/8
Y1 - 2021/8
N2 - Introduction: The value of routine intensive care unit (ICU) admission after minimally invasive esophagectomy (MIE) has been questioned. This study aimed to investigate Dutch hospital variation regarding length of direct postoperative ICU stay, and the impact of this hospital variation on short-term surgical outcomes. Materials and methods: Patients registered in the Dutch Upper Gastrointestinal Cancer Audit (DUCA) undergoing curative MIE were included. Length of direct postoperative ICU stay was dichotomized around the national median into short ICU stay ( ≤ 1 day) and long ICU stay ( > 1 day). A case-mix corrected funnel plot based on multivariable logistic regression analyses investigated hospital variation. The impact of this hospital variation on short-term surgical outcomes was investigated using multilevel multivariable logistic regression analyses. Results: Between 2017 and 2019, 2110 patients from 16 hospitals were included. Median length of postoperative ICU stay was 1 day [hospital variation: 0–4]. The percentage of short ICU stay ranged from 0 to 91% among hospitals. Corrected for case-mix, 7 hospitals had statistically significantly higher short ICU stay rates and 6 hospitals had lower rates. ICU readmission, in-hospital/30-day mortality, failure to rescue, postoperative pneumonia, cardiac complications and anastomotic leakage were not associated with hospital variation in length of ICU stay. Total length of hospital stay was significantly shorter in hospitals with relatively short ICU stay. Conclusion: This study showed significant hospital variation in postoperative length of ICU stay after MIE. Short ICU stay was associated with shorter overall hospital admission and did not negatively impact short-term surgical outcomes. More selected use of ICU resources could result in a national significant cost reduction.
AB - Introduction: The value of routine intensive care unit (ICU) admission after minimally invasive esophagectomy (MIE) has been questioned. This study aimed to investigate Dutch hospital variation regarding length of direct postoperative ICU stay, and the impact of this hospital variation on short-term surgical outcomes. Materials and methods: Patients registered in the Dutch Upper Gastrointestinal Cancer Audit (DUCA) undergoing curative MIE were included. Length of direct postoperative ICU stay was dichotomized around the national median into short ICU stay ( ≤ 1 day) and long ICU stay ( > 1 day). A case-mix corrected funnel plot based on multivariable logistic regression analyses investigated hospital variation. The impact of this hospital variation on short-term surgical outcomes was investigated using multilevel multivariable logistic regression analyses. Results: Between 2017 and 2019, 2110 patients from 16 hospitals were included. Median length of postoperative ICU stay was 1 day [hospital variation: 0–4]. The percentage of short ICU stay ranged from 0 to 91% among hospitals. Corrected for case-mix, 7 hospitals had statistically significantly higher short ICU stay rates and 6 hospitals had lower rates. ICU readmission, in-hospital/30-day mortality, failure to rescue, postoperative pneumonia, cardiac complications and anastomotic leakage were not associated with hospital variation in length of ICU stay. Total length of hospital stay was significantly shorter in hospitals with relatively short ICU stay. Conclusion: This study showed significant hospital variation in postoperative length of ICU stay after MIE. Short ICU stay was associated with shorter overall hospital admission and did not negatively impact short-term surgical outcomes. More selected use of ICU resources could result in a national significant cost reduction.
KW - Esophageal carcinoma
KW - Failure to rescue
KW - Hospital variation
KW - Intensive care unit
KW - Length of ICU stay
KW - Short-term mortality
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U2 - 10.1016/j.ejso.2021.01.005
DO - 10.1016/j.ejso.2021.01.005
M3 - Article
C2 - 33485673
VL - 47
SP - 1961
EP - 1968
JO - European journal of surgical oncology
JF - European journal of surgical oncology
SN - 0748-7983
IS - 8
ER -
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