Pulmonary artery catheter receipt among cardiac surgery patients from the national inpatient sample (1999-2019): Prevalence, predictors and hospitalization charges.

ABSTRACT: Despite limited evidence to support its efficacy, use of pulmonary artery catheter (PAC), a relatively expensive medical device, for monitoring clinical status and guiding therapeutic interventions, has become standard of care in many settings, and especially during and after cardiac surgery. We examined the prevalence and predictors of PAC use and its association with hospitalization charges among cardiac surgery patients generally and for each selected subgroup of high-risk or complex surgical procedures. We conducted an analysis on 1,442,528 records from the National Inpatient Sample (1999-2019) that included cardiac surgery patients ≥18 years of age. Subgroups were categorized based on the presence of specific disorders like tricuspid or mitral valve disease, pulmonary hypertension, he

SUBMITTER: Beydoun HA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10839978 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature