NSQIP unruptured aneurysm scale

NSQIP unruptured aneurysm scale

Data on patients who underwent surgical clipping of an unruptured aneurysm were extracted from the prospective National Surgical Quality Improvement Program registry (NSQIP; 2007-2014); NSQIP does not systematically collect data on patients undergoing intracranial endovascularinterventionMultivariable logistic regression evaluated predictors of any 30-day adverse event; variables screened included patient demographicscomorbiditiesfunctional status, preoperative laboratory values, aneurysm location/complexity, and operative time. A predictive scale was constructed based on statistically significant independent predictors, which was validated using both NSQIP (2015-2016) and the Nationwide Inpatient Sample (NIS; 2002-2011).

The NSQIP unruptured aneurysm scale was proposed: 1 point was assigned for a bleeding disorder; 2 points for age 51-60 years, cardiac disease, diabetes mellitus, morbid obesity, anemia (hematocrit < 36%), operative time 240-330 minutes; 3 points for leukocytosis (white blood cell count > 12,000/μL) and operative time > 330 minutes; and 4 points for age > 60 years. An increased score was predictive of postoperative stroke or coma (NSQIP: p = 0.002, C-statistic = 0.70; NIS: p < 0.001, C-statistic = 0.61), a medical complication (NSQIP: p = 0.01, C-statistic = 0.71; NIS: p < 0.001, C-statistic = 0.64), and a nonroutine discharge (NSQIP: p < 0.001, C-statistic = 0.75; NIS: p < 0.001, C-statistic = 0.66) in both validation populations. Greater score was also predictive of increased odds of any adverse event, a major complication, and an extended hospitalization in both validation populations (p ≤ 0.03).

The NSQIP unruptured aneurysm scale may augment the risk stratification of patients undergoing microsurgical clipping of unruptured cerebral aneurysm1).

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Dasenbrock HH, Rudy RF, Smith TR, Gormley WB, Patel NJ, Frerichs KU, Aziz-Sultan MA, Du R. Adverse events after clipping of unruptured intracranial aneurysms: the NSQIP unruptured aneurysm scale. J Neurosurg. 2019 Mar 15:1-10. doi: 10.3171/2018.12.JNS182873. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 30875693.

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