Impact of institutional culture on rates of transfusions during cardiovascular procedures: The Michigan experience
Recommended Citation
Likosky DS, Zhang M, Paone G, Collins J, DeLucia A 3rd, Schreiber T, Theurer P, Kazziha S, Leffler D, Wunderly DJ, Gurm HS, Prager RL; Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Michigan Percutaneous Coronary Interventions Collaborative; Michigan Society of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeons Quality Collaborative. Impact of institutional culture on rates of transfusions during cardiovascular procedures: The Michigan experience. Am Heart J. 2016 Apr;174:1-6.
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
4-1-2016
Publication Title
American heart journal
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Red blood cell (RBC) transfusions have been associated with morbidity and mortality in both coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) and percutaneous coronary interventions (PCI). As a mechanism for identifying determinants of RBC practice, we quantified the relationship between a center's PCI and CABG transfusion rate.
METHODS: We identified all patients undergoing CABG (n = 16,568) or PCI (n = 94,634) at each of 33 centers from 2010 through 2012 in the state of Michigan and compared perioperative RBC transfusion rates for CABG and PCI at each center. Crude and adjusted transfusion rates were modeled separately. We adjusted for common preprocedural risk factors (12 for CABG and 23 for PCI) and reported Pearson correlation coefficients based on the crude and risk-adjusted rates.
RESULTS: As expected, RBC transfusion was more common after CABG (mean 46.5%) than PCI (mean 3.3%), with wide variation across centers for both (CABG min:max 26.5:71.3, PCI min:max 1.6:6.0). However, RBC transfusion rates were significantly correlated between CABG and PCI in both crude, 0.48 (P = .005), and adjusted, 0.53 (P = .001), analyses. These findings were consistent when restricting to nonemergent cases (radj = 0.44, P = .001).
CONCLUSIONS: Red blood cell transfusion rates were significantly correlated between the CABG and PCI at individual hospitals in Michigan, independent of patient case mix. Future work should explore institutional practice patterns, philosophies, and guidelines for RBC transfusions.
Medical Subject Headings
Aged; Coronary Artery Bypass; Coronary Artery Disease; Erythrocyte Transfusion; Female; Follow-Up Studies; Guideline Adherence; Humans; Intraoperative Care; Male; Michigan; Middle Aged; Morbidity; Percutaneous Coronary Intervention; Postoperative Complications; Prognosis; Retrospective Studies; Risk Assessment; Survival Rate
PubMed ID
26995363
Volume
174
First Page
1
Last Page
6