Weekday and outcomes of elective cardiac surgery in the UK: a large retrospective database analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Several studies have shown worse outcomes in patients operated on later in the week. We tested this hypothesis in a large UK national audit database in elective patients undergoing adult cardiac surgery.

Methods

We used a generalized additive model to evaluate the effect of the day of the week on the following postoperative outcomes: 30-day mortality, stroke, need for dialysis and return to theatre for bleeding. We have adjusted for the relevant European System for Cardiac Operative Risk Evaluation (EuroSCORE) II covariates, plus responsible consultant, hospital and year of operation and performed subgroup analysis for isolated coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) procedures.

Results

Out of 371 500 patients, 60 555 (16.3%) underwent AVR, 36 553 (9.8%) AVR

SUBMITTER: Fudulu DP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9746893 | biostudies-literature | 2022 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature