Assessment of Frailty Indices and Charlson Comorbidity Index for Predicting Adverse Outcomes in Patients Undergoing Surgery for Spine Metastases: A National Database Analysis
Elsamadicy AA, Havlik JL, Reeves B, Sherman J, Koo AB, Pennington Z, Hersh AM, Sandhu MRS, Kolb L, Larry Lo SF, Shin JH, Mendel E, Sciubba DM. Assessment of Frailty Indices and Charlson Comorbidity Index for Predicting Adverse Outcomes in Patients Undergoing Surgery for Spine Metastases: A National Database Analysis. World Neurosurgery 2022, 164: e1058-e1070. PMID: 35644519, DOI: 10.1016/j.wneu.2022.05.101.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMetastatic spinal tumor frailty indexCharlson Comorbidity IndexFrailty indexMFI-5Adverse outcomesNonroutine dischargeComorbidity indexUnplanned readmissionAdverse eventsNational Surgical Quality Improvement Program databaseHigher Charlson comorbidity indexQuality Improvement Program databaseMultivariate logistic regression analysisPredicting Adverse OutcomesRetrospective cohort studyImprovement Program databaseNational database analysisLength of stayLogistic regression analysisExtradural spinal metastasisOnly significant predictorAdult patientsCohort studyProlonged lengthIndependent predictors464 Hospital Frailty Risk Score and Healthcare Resource Utilization After Surgery for Metastatic Spinal Column Tumors
Elsamadicy A, Koo A, Reeves B, Pennington Z, Yu J, Goodwin C, Kolb L, Laurans M, Lo S, Shin J, Sciubba D. 464 Hospital Frailty Risk Score and Healthcare Resource Utilization After Surgery for Metastatic Spinal Column Tumors. Neurosurgery 2022, 68: 113-113. DOI: 10.1227/neu.0000000000001880_464.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchHospital Frailty Risk ScoreNon-routine dischargeFrailty Risk ScoreSpinal column tumorsPatient populationRisk scoreLarge national database studyNational Inpatient Sample databaseMultivariate logistic regression analysisICD-10 diagnostic codesProlonged hospital LOSImpact of frailtyNational database studyHealthcare resource utilizationRetrospective cohort studyTotal hospital costsProcedural Coding SystemLogistic regression analysisRegression analysisMultivariate regression analysisHospital LOSCohort studyHospital admissionIndependent predictorsLonger LOSHospital Frailty Risk Score and healthcare resource utilization after surgery for metastatic spinal column tumors.
Elsamadicy AA, Koo AB, Reeves BC, Pennington Z, Yu J, Goodwin CR, Kolb L, Laurans M, Lo SL, Shin JH, Sciubba DM. Hospital Frailty Risk Score and healthcare resource utilization after surgery for metastatic spinal column tumors. Journal Of Neurosurgery Spine 2022, 37: 241-251. PMID: 35148505, DOI: 10.3171/2022.1.spine21987.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchHospital Frailty Risk ScoreLength of staySpinal column tumorsFrailty Risk ScoreNonroutine dischargeHospital admissionHigh frailtyIntermediate frailtyDischarge dispositionSpinal tumorsLower frailtyDiagnostic codesRisk scoreHigher total hospital costsMean LOSNational Inpatient Sample databaseMultivariate logistic regression analysisICD-10 diagnostic codesImpact of frailtyRetrospective cohort studyHealthcare resource utilizationProportion of patientsTotal hospital costsProcedural Coding SystemLogistic regression analysisDifferences in Health Care Resource Utilization After Surgery for Metastatic Spinal Column Tumors in Patients with a Concurrent Affective Disorder in the United States
Elsamadicy AA, Koo AB, Sarkozy M, Reeves BC, Pennington Z, Havlik J, Sandhu MR, Hersh A, Patel S, Kolb L, Larry Lo SF, Shin JH, Mendel E, Sciubba DM. Differences in Health Care Resource Utilization After Surgery for Metastatic Spinal Column Tumors in Patients with a Concurrent Affective Disorder in the United States. World Neurosurgery 2022, 161: e252-e267. PMID: 35123021, DOI: 10.1016/j.wneu.2022.01.112.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLength of stayHealth care resource utilizationPostoperative adverse eventsNonroutine dischargeAdverse eventsAffective disordersNational Inpatient Sample databaseMultivariate logistic regression analysisSpinal column metastasesRetrospective cohort studyMetastatic spinal tumorsSpinal column tumorsLogistic regression analysisConcurrent affective disorderGreater total costsRegression analysisMultivariate regression analysisAdult patientsCohort studyDischarge dispositionIntraoperative variablesPatient demographicsHospital admissionIndependent predictorsSpinal metastases