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Specialist emergency care and COPD outcomes
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
|---|---|
| Author | Lane, Nicholas D. Brewin, Karen Hartley, Tom Murray Gray, William K. Burgess, Mark Steer, John Bourke, Stephen C. |
| Copyright Year | 2018 |
| Abstract | Introduction In exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (ECOPD) requiring hospitalisation greater access to respiratory specialists improves outcome, but is not consistently delivered. The UK National Confidential Enquiry into Patient Outcome and Death 2015 enquiry showed over 25% of patients receiving acute non-invasive ventilation (NIV) for ECOPD died in hospital. On 16 June 2015 the Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital (NSECH) opened, introducing 24/7 specialty consultant on-call, direct admission from the emergency department to specialty wards and 7-day consultant review. A Respiratory Support Unit opened for patients requiring NIV. Before NSECH the NIV service included mandated training and competency assessment, 24/7 single point of access, initiation of ventilation in the emergency department, a door-to-mask time target, early titration of ventilation pressures and structured weaning. Pneumonia or hypercapnic coma complicating ECOPD have never been considered contraindications to NIV. After NSECH staff-patient ratios increased, the NIV pathway was streamlined and structured daily multidisciplinary review introduced. We compared our outcomes with historical and national data. Methods Patients hospitalised with ECOPD between 1 January 2013 and 31 December 2016 were identified from coding, with ventilation status and radiological consolidation confirmed from records. Age, gender, admission from nursing home, consolidation, revised Charlson Index, key comorbidities, length of stay, and inpatient and 30-day mortality were captured. Outcomes pre-NSECH and post-NSECH opening were compared and independent predictors of survival identified via logistic regression. Results There were 6291 cases. 24/7 specialist emergency care was a strong independent predictor of lower mortality. Length of stay reduced by 1 day, but 90-day readmission rose in both ventilated and non-ventilated patients. Conclusion Provision of 24/7 respiratory specialist emergency care improved ECOPD survival and shortened length of stay for both non-ventilated and ventilated patients. The potential implications in respect to service design and provision nationally are substantial and challenging. |
| Starting Page | 801 |
| Ending Page | 807 |
| Page Count | 7 |
| File Format | PDF HTM / HTML |
| PubMed reference number | 30397485v1 |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjresp-2018-000334 |
| DOI | 10.1136/bmjresp-2018-000334 |
| Journal | BMJ open respiratory research |
| Volume Number | 5 |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Accident and Emergency department Cessation of life Chronic Obstructive Airway Disease Comatose Hospitalization Hospitals Lung Diseases, Obstructive Lung consolidation Lung diseases Nipah Virus Noninvasive Ventilation Nursing Homes Patients Pneumonia Respiration Revision procedure Titration Method Ward (environment) murine nodule inducing virus |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
