The importance of an organized follow-up for the evaluation of mortality after hospital discharge in cardiac surgery.
Interact Cardiovasc Thorac Surg
; 7(3): 449-51, 2008 May.
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ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVES:
Does a structured follow-up, after cardiac surgery in an adult, provide additional information on the operation related mortality especially if mortality is used as an outcome parameter within the quality control?METHOD:
Mortality data of 1132 patients undergoing cardiac surgery in 2003 and 2004 in the Academic Hospital Nijmegen, The Netherlands were registered by a structured follow-up one year after surgery.RESULTS:
One year after surgery this follow-up is missing information for eight patients (0.7%). Six patients (0.5%) refused further follow-up. Of the 31 patients who died during the first postoperative year, 21 (68%) were registered thanks to this structured follow-up. In 29 patients it was possible to retrieve the cause of death.CONCLUSION:
A structured follow-up one year after cardiac surgery has a high response and not only provides a better total picture of mortality, but also information on the cause of death. Both aspects are important if mortality is used as a parameter for quality control in cardiac surgery.
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Base de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Evaluación de Procesos y Resultados en Atención de Salud
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Alta del Paciente
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Causas de Muerte
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Procedimientos Quirúrgicos Cardíacos
Tipo de estudio:
Evaluation_studies
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Observational_studies
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Prognostic_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Límite:
Adult
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Humans
País/Región como asunto:
Europa
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Interact Cardiovasc Thorac Surg
Asunto de la revista:
ANGIOLOGIA
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CARDIOLOGIA
Año:
2008
Tipo del documento:
Article
País de afiliación:
Países Bajos