Rawlins, J, Ludman, PF, O'Neill, D, Mamas, M, de Belder, M, Redwood, S, Banning, A, Whittaker, A and Curzen, N (2017) Variation in emergency percutaneous coronary intervention in ventilated patients in the UK: insights from a national database. Cardiovascular Revascularization Medicine, 18 (4). pp. 250-254. ISSN 1553-8389

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Abstract

Aims
Pre-procedural ventilation is a marker of high risk in PCI patients. Causes include out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) and cardiogenic shock. OHCA occurs in approximately 60,000 patients in the UK per annum. No consensus exists regarding the need/timing of coronary angiography ± revascularization without ST elevation. The aim was to describe the national variation in the rate of emergency PCI in ventilated patients.

Methods and Results
Using the UK national database for PCI in 2013, we identified all procedures performed as ‘emergency’ or ‘salvage’ for whom ventilation had been initiated before the PCI. Of the 92,589 patients who underwent PCI, 1342 (5.5%) fulfilled those criteria. There was wide variation in practice. There was no demonstrable relationship between the number of emergency PCI patients with pre-procedure ventilation per annum and (i) total number of PPCIs in a unit (r = −0.186), and (ii) availability of 24 h PCI, (iii) on-site surgical cover.

Conclusion
We demonstrated a wide variation in practice across the UK in rates of pre-procedural ventilation in emergency PCI. The majority of individuals will have suffered an OHCA. In the absence of a plausible explanation for this discrepant practice, it is possible that (a) some patients presenting with OHCA that may benefit from revascularization are being denied treatment and (b) procedures may be being undertaken that are futile. Further prospective data are needed to aid in production of guidelines aiming at standardized care in OHCA.

Item Type: Article
Additional Information: This is the author accepted version (AAM). The final published version of record will be available from http://www.journals.elsevier.com/cardiovascular-revascularization-medicine - please refer to any applicable terms of use of the publisher.
Uncontrolled Keywords: cardiac arrest, ventilated, coronary intervention, primary PCI
Subjects: R Medicine > RC Internal medicine > RC666 Diseases of the circulatory (Cardiovascular) system
Divisions: Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > Institute for Science and Technology in Medicine
Depositing User: Symplectic
Date Deposited: 13 Feb 2017 11:23
Last Modified: 29 Mar 2019 15:02
URI: https://eprints.keele.ac.uk/id/eprint/2890

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