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Perioperative Red Blood Cell Transfusion Is Associated With Adverse Cardiovascular Outcomes in Heart Valve Surgery
CONCLUSIONS: In the analysis of the national cohort, perioperative RBC transfusion during heart valve surgery was associated with adverse cardiovascular outcomes correlated with the volume of RBC transfusion.PMID:36730895 | DOI:10.1213/ANE.0000000000006245
Source: Anesthesia and Analgesia - February 2, 2023 Category: Anesthesiology Authors: Hee Jung Kim Ji Eon Kim Ji Yoon Lee Seung Hyung Lee Jae Seung Jung Ho Sung Son Source Type: research

Socioeconomic Disparities in Carotid Revascularization Procedures
The objective of the present study was to examine the intersectionality between race/ethnicity, insurance status, and postoperative outcomes in carotid procedures.
Source: Journal of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia - January 12, 2020 Category: Anesthesiology Authors: Latha Panchap, Seyed A. Safavynia, Virginia Tangel, Robert S. White Tags: Original Article Source Type: research

Restructuring of inpatient emergency treatment : What will change?
Abstract The resolution on the restructuring of inpatient emergency treatment was passed by the Federal Joint Committee (G-BA) on 19 April 2018 based on the Hospital Structure Act and became binding with the publication in the Bundesanzeiger on 18 May 2018. The resolution describes the future structural and qualitative prerequisites for participation of hospitals in the provision of emergency treatment in three levels: basic emergency treatment, extended emergency treatment and comprehensive emergency treatment. Furthermore, a level of nonparticipation is also planned. In addition, there are special modules, e.g. ...
Source: Der Anaesthesist - April 24, 2019 Category: Anesthesiology Authors: Brokmann JC, Pin M, Bernhard M, Walcher F, Gries A Tags: Anaesthesist Source Type: research

Impact of Pain on Incident Risk of Disability in Elderly Japanese Cause-specific Analysis
This study aimed to investigate the association of pain severity with subsequent functional disability due to all causes as well as stroke, dementia, and joint disease/fracture.Methods The authors conducted a prospective cohort study of 13,702 Japanese individuals aged 65 yr or older. Information regarding pain severity during the previous 4 weeks and other lifestyle factors was collectedvia questionnaire in 2006. Data on the incidence of functional disability were retrieved from the Long-term Care Insurance database. Cox proportional hazards regression analysis was used to estimate the multivariate-adjusted hazard ratios ...
Source: Anesthesiology - March 14, 2017 Category: Anesthesiology Source Type: research

Perioperative medicine and Taiwan National Health Insurance Research Database.
Abstract "Big data", characterized by 'volume', 'velocity', 'variety', and 'veracity', being routinely collected in huge amounts of clinical and administrative healthcare-related data are becoming common and generating promising viewpoints for a better understanding of the complexity for medical situations. Taiwan National Health Insurance Research Database (NHIRD), one of large and comprehensive nationwide population reimbursement databases in the world, provides the strength of sample size avoiding selection and participation bias. Abundant with the demographics, clinical diagnoses, and capable of linking divers...
Source: Acta Anaesthesiologica Taiwanica - November 17, 2016 Category: Anesthesiology Authors: Chang CC, Liao CC, Chen TL Tags: Acta Anaesthesiol Taiwan Source Type: research