Pediatric hospitalist comanagement of spinal fusion surgery patients
BACKGROUND: There are no published studies of hospitalist comanagement of pediatric surgical patients. OBJECTIVES: (1) To describe comanagement activities; (2) to determine the association of hospitalist comanagement with length of stay (LOS) following spinal fusion surgery DESIGN: Retrospective ana...
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Veröffentlicht in: | Journal of hospital medicine 2007-01, Vol.2 (1), p.23-30 |
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Zusammenfassung: | BACKGROUND:
There are no published studies of hospitalist comanagement of pediatric surgical patients.
OBJECTIVES:
(1) To describe comanagement activities; (2) to determine the association of hospitalist comanagement with length of stay (LOS) following spinal fusion surgery
DESIGN:
Retrospective analysis of the surgeons' log.
SETTING:
Tertiary‐care pediatric hospital.
PATIENTS:
Patients who underwent initial spinal fusion surgery (n = 759) between July 2000 and October 2005.
INTERVENTION:
Hospitalist pre‐ and perioperative evaluation and management of medically complex patients (from December 2004 to October 2005).
MEASUREMENTS:
Log‐transformed LOS and trend in LOS by piecewise regression were measured, adjusting for patient covariates and clustering by surgeon.
RESULTS:
After December 2004, 12% of all spinal fusion surgery patients (14 of 115) were comanaged by a hospitalist. Nine‐three percent (13 of 14) of comanaged patients had neuromuscular scoliosis, and comanaged patients represented 37% (13 of 35) of all neuromuscular patients. Mean LOS for all spinal fusion surgeries decreased from 6.5 days (95% CI: 6.2–6.7) to 4.8 days (95% CI: 4.5–5.1) after December 2004. Mean LOS decreased more for neuromuscular patients (8.6 days [95% CI: 8.0– 9.2] to 6.2 days [95% CI: 5.5–6.9]) than for idiopathic patients (5.2 days [95% CI: 5.0–5.4] to 4.1 days [95% CI: 3.9–4.4]). Variability in LOS also decreased significantly for both groups. Prior to hospitalist comanagement, there was no change in adjusted LOS over time. After December 2004, there was a significant decline in average adjusted LOS (neuromuscular slope = −0.23 to −0.31 days/month, P = .0075; idiopathic slope = −0.10 to −0.12 days/month; P = .0007).
CONCLUSIONS:
The introduction of selective hospitalist comanagement of pediatric spinal fusion surgery patients was associated with significant decreases in LOS and variability in LOS. Journal of Hospital Medicine 2007;2:23–30. © 2007 Society of Hospital Medicine. |
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ISSN: | 1553-5592 1553-5606 |
DOI: | 10.1002/jhm.144 |