{"id":4695,"date":"2018-01-09T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-01-09T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/icesontario.wpengine.com\/journal-articles\/association-between-handover-of-anesthesia-care-and-adverse-postoperative-outcomes-among-patients-undergoing-major-surgery\/"},"modified":"2023-06-14T20:03:49","modified_gmt":"2023-06-15T00:03:49","slug":"association-between-handover-of-anesthesia-care-and-adverse-postoperative-outcomes-among-patients-undergoing-major-surgery","status":"publish","type":"journal_article","link":"https:\/\/www.ices.on.ca\/fr\/publications\/journal-articles\/association-between-handover-of-anesthesia-care-and-adverse-postoperative-outcomes-among-patients-undergoing-major-surgery\/","title":{"rendered":"Association between handover of anesthesia care and adverse postoperative outcomes among patients undergoing major surgery"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Importance <\/strong>&#x2014; Handing over the care of a patient from one anesthesiologist to another occurs during some surgeries and might increase the risk of adverse outcomes.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Objective<\/strong> &#x2014; To assess whether complete handover of intraoperative anesthesia care is associated with higher likelihood of mortality or major complications compared with no handover of care.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"bold\">Design, Setting, and Participants<\/span> &#x2014; A retrospective population-based cohort study (April 1, 2009-March 31, 2015 set in the Canadian province of Ontario) of adult patients aged 18 years and older undergoing major surgeries expected to last at least 2 hours and requiring a hospital stay of at least 1 night.&#xa0;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Exposure<\/strong> &#x2014; Complete intraoperative handover of anesthesia care from one physician anesthesiologist to another compared with no handover of anesthesia care.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"bold\">Main Outcomes and Measures<\/span> &#x2014; The primary outcome was a composite of all-cause death, hospital readmission, or major postoperative complications, all within 30 postoperative days. Secondary outcomes were the individual components of the primary outcome. Inverse probability of exposure weighing based on the propensity score was used to estimate adjusted exposure effects.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Results<\/strong> &#x2014; Of the 313 066 patients in the cohort, 56% were women; the mean (SD) age was 60 (16) years; 49% of surgeries were performed in academic centres; 72% of surgeries were elective; and the median duration of surgery was 182 minutes (interquartile [IQR] range, 124-255). A total of 5941 (1.9%) patients underwent surgery with complete handover of anesthesia care. The percentage of patients undergoing surgery with a handover of anesthesiology care progressively increased each year of the study, reaching 2.9% in 2015. In the unweighted sample, the primary outcome occurred in 44% of the complete handover group compared with 29% of the no handover group. After adjustment, complete handovers were statistically significantly associated with an increased risk of the primary outcome (adjusted risk difference [aRD], 6.8% [95% CI, 4.5% to 9.1%]; <em>P<\/em>&lt; .001), all-cause dealt (aRD, 1.2% [95% CI, 0.5% to 2%]; <em>P<\/em> = .002), and major complications (aRD, 5.8% [95% CI, 3.6% to 7.9%]; <em>P <\/em>&lt; .001), but not with hospital readmission within 30 days of surgery (aRD, 1.2% [95% CI, -0.3% to 2.7%]; <em>P<\/em> = .11).<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"bold\">Conclusions and Relevance<\/span> &#x2014; Among adults undergoing major surgery, complete handover of intraoperative anesthesia care compared with no handover was associated with a higher risk of adverse postoperative outcomes. These findings may support limiting complete anesthesia handovers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Importance &#x2014; Handing over the care of a patient from one anesthesiologist to another occurs during some surgeries and might increase the risk of adverse outcomes. Objective &#x2014; To assess whether complete handover of intraoperative anesthesia care is associated with higher likelihood of mortality or major complications compared with no handover of care. Design, Setting, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","migration-helper-automated":[],"migration-manual":[],"topic":[],"migration-helper-qa-sample-set":[],"class_list":["post-4695","journal_article","type-journal_article","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":{"citation":"Jones PM, Cherry RA, Allen BN, Bray Jenkyn KMB, Shariff SZ, Flier S, Vogt KN, Wijeysundera DN. <em>JAMA<\/em>. 2018; 319(2):142-53.","source_url":"https:\/\/jamanetwork.com\/journals\/jama\/fullarticle\/2668348","ices_scientist":[1359,1132,1278],"site":[6739],"research_program":[6742],"news_release":[7938],"journal_article":[],"atlas":[],"research_report":[],"infographic":[9474],"video":[],"downloads":null,"links":null,"sitecore_item_id":"358D1D31-E6F7-48AA-BDFA-CF863F9AB02D","sitecore_item_name":"Association-between-handover-of-anesthesia-care-and-adverse-postoperative","sitecore_field_values":"{\n  \"__Valid from\": \"20180110T094204\",\n  \"Title\": \"Association between handover of anesthesia care and adverse postoperative outcomes among patients undergoing major surgery\",\n  \"Short title\": \"Association between handover\",\n  \"Summary\": \"Handing over the care of a patient from one anesthesiologist to another occurs during some surgeries and might increase the risk of adverse outcomes.\",\n  \"Citation\": \"<p>Jones PM, Cherry RA, Allen BN, Bray Jenkyn KMB, Shariff SZ, Flier S, Vogt KN, Wijeysundera DN. <em>JAMA<\/em>. 2018; 319(2):142-53.<\/p>\",\n  \"Abstract\": \"<p><strong>Importance <\/strong>&mdash; Handing over the care of a patient from one anesthesiologist to another occurs during some surgeries and might increase the risk of adverse outcomes.<\/p>n<p><strong>Objective<\/strong> &mdash; To assess whether complete handover of intraoperative anesthesia care is associated with higher likelihood of mortality or major complications compared with no handover of care.<\/p>n<p><span class=\"bold\">Design, Setting, and Participants<\/span> &mdash; A retrospective population-based cohort study (April 1, 2009-March 31, 2015 set in the Canadian province of Ontario) of adult patients aged 18 years and older undergoing major surgeries expected to last at least 2 hours and requiring a hospital stay of at least 1 night.&nbsp;<\/p>n<p><strong>Exposure<\/strong> &mdash; Complete intraoperative handover of anesthesia care from one physician anesthesiologist to another compared with no handover of anesthesia care.<\/p>n<p><span class=\"bold\">Main Outcomes and Measures<\/span> &mdash; The primary outcome was a composite of all-cause death, hospital readmission, or major postoperative complications, all within 30 postoperative days. Secondary outcomes were the individual components of the primary outcome. Inverse probability of exposure weighing based on the propensity score was used to estimate adjusted exposure effects.<\/p>n<p><strong>Results<\/strong> &mdash; Of the 313 066 patients in the cohort, 56% were women; the mean (SD) age was 60 (16) years; 49% of surgeries were performed in academic centres; 72% of surgeries were elective; and the median duration of surgery was 182 minutes (interquartile [IQR] range, 124-255). A total of 5941 (1.9%) patients underwent surgery with complete handover of anesthesia care. The percentage of patients undergoing surgery with a handover of anesthesiology care progressively increased each year of the study, reaching 2.9% in 2015. In the unweighted sample, the primary outcome occurred in 44% of the complete handover group compared with 29% of the no handover group. After adjustment, complete handovers were statistically significantly associated with an increased risk of the primary outcome (adjusted risk difference [aRD], 6.8% [95% CI, 4.5% to 9.1%]; <em>P<\/em>&lt; .001), all-cause dealt (aRD, 1.2% [95% CI, 0.5% to 2%]; <em>P<\/em> = .002), and major complications (aRD, 5.8% [95% CI, 3.6% to 7.9%]; <em>P <\/em>&lt; .001), but not with hospital readmission within 30 days of surgery (aRD, 1.2% [95% CI, -0.3% to 2.7%]; <em>P<\/em> = .11).<\/p>n<p><span class=\"bold\">Conclusions and Relevance<\/span> &mdash; Among adults undergoing major surgery, complete handover of intraoperative anesthesia care compared with no handover was associated with a higher risk of adverse postoperative outcomes. 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