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Dependent functional status is associated with unplanned postoperative intubation after elective cervical spine surgery: a national registry analysis

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Purpose

The impact of preoperative functional status on 30-day unplanned postoperative intubation and clinical outcomes among patients who underwent cervical spine surgery is not well-described. We hypothesized that functional dependence is associated with 30-day unplanned postoperative intubation and that among the reintubated cohort, functional dependence is associated with adverse postoperative clinical outcomes after cervical spine surgery.

Methods

Utilizing the 2007–2016 American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program database, we identified adult elective anterior and posterior cervical spine surgery patients by Current Procedural Terminology codes. We performed (1) a Cox Proportional Hazard analysis for the following outcomes: reintubation, prolonged ventilator use, and pneumonia and (2) an adjusted logistic regression analysis among patients that required postoperative reintubation to evaluate the association of functional status with adverse postoperative outcomes.

Results

The sample size was 26,263, of which 550 (2.1%) were functionally dependent. The adjusted model suggested that when compared with functionally independent patients, dependent patients were at increased risk of unplanned 30-day intubation (HR 2.05, 95% CI 1.26–3.34; P = 0.003). The adjusted risk of 30-day postoperative pneumonia was significantly higher in patients with functional dependence (HR 1.61, 95% CI 1.02–2.54, P = 0.036). Among patients that required postoperative reintubation, the odds of 30-day mortality was significantly higher in patients with functional dependence (OR 5.82, 95% CI 1.59–23.4, P < 0.001).

Conclusion

Preoperative functional dependence is a good marker for estimating postoperative unplanned intubation following cervical spine surgery.

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  1. Department of Anesthesiology, University of California, San Diego, 9500 Gilman Dr, MC 0881, La Jolla, San Diego, CA, 92093-0881, USA

    Brittany N. Burton, Timothy C. Lin, Alison M. A’Court, Ulrich H. Schmidt & Rodney A. Gabriel

  2. Department of Biomedical Informatics, University of California, San Diego, San Diego, CA, USA

    Rodney A. Gabriel

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Burton, B.N., Lin, T.C., A’Court, A.M. et al. Dependent functional status is associated with unplanned postoperative intubation after elective cervical spine surgery: a national registry analysis. J Anesth 32, 565–575 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00540-018-2515-7

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