Document Type
Article
Original Publication Date
1996
Journal/Book/Conference Title
The New England Journal of Medicine
Volume
335
First Page
1857
Last Page
1864
DOI of Original Publication
10.1056/NEJM199612193352501
Date of Submission
January 2015
Abstract
ABSTRACT
Background Acute changes in cerebral function after elective coronary bypass surgery are a difficult clinical problem. We carried out a multicenter study to determine the incidence and predictors of — and the use of resources associated with — perioperative adverse neurologic events, including cerebral injury.
Methods In a prospective study, we evaluated 2108 patients from 24 U.S. institutions for two general categories of neurologic outcome: type I (focal injury, or stupor or coma at discharge) and type II (deterioration in intellectual function, memory deficit, or seizures).
Results Adverse cerebral outcomes occurred in 129 patients (6.1 percent). A total of 3.1 percent had type I neurologic outcomes (8 died of cerebral injury, 55 had nonfatal strokes, 2 had transient ischemic attacks, and 1 had stupor), and 3.0 percent had type II outcomes (55 had deterioration of intellectual function and 8 had seizures). Patients with adverse cerebral outcomes had higher in-hospital mortality (21 percent of patients with type I outcomes died, vs. 10 percent of those with type II and 2 percent of those with no adverse cerebral outcome; P0.001 for all comparisons), longer hospitalization (25 days with type I outcomes, 21 days with type II, and 10 days with no adverse outcome; P0.001), and a higher rate of discharge to facilities for intermediate- or long-term care (47 percent, 30 percent, and 8 percent; P0.001). Predictors of type I outcomes were proximal aortic atherosclerosis, a history of neurologic disease, and older age; predictors of type II outcomes were older age, systolic hypertension on admission, pulmonary disease, and excessive consumption of alcohol.
Conclusions Adverse cerebral outcomes after coronary bypass surgery are relatively common and serious; they are associated with substantial increases in mortality, length of hospitalization, and use of intermediate- or long-term care facilities. New diagnostic and therapeutic strategies must be developed to lessen such injury. (N Engl J Med 1996;335:1857-63.) ©
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From The New England Journal of Medicine, Roach, G.W., Kanchuger, M., Mangano, C.M., et al., Adverse Cerebral Outcomes after Coronary Bypass Surgery, Vol. 335, Page 1857, Copyright © 1996 Massachusetts Medical Society. Reprinted with permission.
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VCU Anesthesiology Publications
Comments
Originally published at http://dx.doi.org/10.1056/NEJM199612193352501