Association between case volume and mortality in pre-hospital anaesthesia management: a retrospective observational cohort.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Pre-hospital anaesthesia is a core competency of helicopter emergency medical services (HEMS). Whether physician pre-hospital anaesthesia case volume affects outcomes is unknown in this setting. We aimed to investigate whether physician case volume was associated with differences in mortality or medical management.

Methods

We conducted a registry-based cohort study of patients undergoing drug-facilitated intubation by HEMS physician from January 1, 2013 to August 31, 2019. The primary outcome was 30-day mortality, analysed using multivariate logistic regression controlling for patient-dependent variables. Case volume for each patient was determined by the number of pre-hospital anaesthetics the attending physician had managed in the previous 12 months. The explana

SUBMITTER: Saviluoto A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8792835 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature