[Audit on preoperative cardiac evaluation before non-cardiac surgery: the importance of a pocket guide to improve the anaesthesist's adhesion to ACC/AHA guidelines]. / Audit sur l'évaluation cardiaque préopératoire avant une chirurgie non cardiaque : utilité d'un aide-mémoire pour améliorer l'adhésion des anesthésistes aux recommandations de l'American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association (ACC/AHA).
Ann Fr Anesth Reanim
; 28(10): 850-4, 2009 Oct.
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ABSTRACT
INTRODUCTION:
The American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association (ACC/AHA) guidelines stratify perioperative cardiac risk according to clinical markers, functional capacity, and type of surgery. They help determining which patients are candidates for preoperative cardiac testing and optimizing the cost-effectiveness of the evaluation strategy. Auditing our preoperative anaesthetic screening practice revealed an exceedingly high rate of referrals to the cardiologists. A small pocket-size reminder was created in order to improve the adhesion of the anaesthesiologists to the recommendations of the ACC/AHA, and confirm or obviate the need for a formal preoperative specialized cardiology consultation. Another audit was conducted 1 year later in order to evaluate the effectiveness of this reminder.METHODS:
The second audit was conducted over a period of 1 month. Recorded data included demographic characteristics, clinical predictors of cardiovascular risk, surgical risk, and the reasons for the cardiac evaluation by a cardiologist (as reported by the senior or junior anaesthesiologist). Results of this second audit were compared to those of the audit conducted a year earlier.RESULTS:
During the first audit, a total of 654 patients were seen in the preoperative unit. Fifty-two patients were referred to a cardiologist during the study period (7.9%). Guidelines for cardiac assessment were respected in 7/52 patients (13.5%). During the second audit, 30 out of 787 patients (3.8%) screened in preoperative anaesthetic consultation unit were referred to the cardiologist. According to the ACC/AHA guidelines, 27/30 patients (90%) objectively needed a cardiology consultation due to the existence of a known previous heart disease.DISCUSSION:
The use of the pocket reminder concerning the ACC/AHA recommendations significantly reduced both the total number of cardiology referrals, and the number of unjustified referrals. The use of a pocket guide may help in reducing both the cost and the postponement of scheduled surgery.
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MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Cuidados Preoperatorios
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Adhesión a Directriz
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Pruebas de Función Cardíaca
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Anestesia
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Auditoría Médica
Tipo de estudio:
Guideline
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Prognostic_studies
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Qualitative_research
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Risk_factors_studies
Límite:
Humans
Idioma:
Fr
Revista:
Ann Fr Anesth Reanim
Año:
2009
Tipo del documento:
Article
País de afiliación:
Líbano