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Hypotension during induction of anaesthesia is neither a reliable nor a useful quality measure for comparison of anaesthetists' performance.

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Background:Identification of statistically reliable outcomes for comparison among anaesthetists is challenging. Time-weighted intraoperative mean arterial pressure <65 mm Hg (AUC 65 ) is associated with increased odds for myocardial damage. We explored retrospectively whether such hypotension before incision was statistically reliable for peer comparison. Methods:We retrieved electronic data between 2006 and 2015 at a tertiary care, academic hospital in the USA for patients at risk for myocardial damage (inpatient after surgery, ASA physical status ≥III, ≥50 yr of age, and case duration ≥60 min). We determined the percentage of anaesthetists comparable based on caseload and case-mix. The AUC 65 was compared amongst anaesthetists supervising ≥100 cases involving at-risk patients during the last 12 months. Results:Only 14.1% [95% confidence interval (CI) 13.6-14.5%] of cases involved patients who were 'at risk' during the 10 yr study period. A yearly average of 49 ( sd 6) anaesthetists supervised ≥100 cases of any type, of whom only 52% (95% CI 47.1-56.0%) supervised ≥100 cases involving at-risk patients. Thus, nearly half the anaesthetists would have been excluded from peer comparison. During the last 12 months, there were two outliers among 34 evaluable anaesthetists ( P <0.05, controlling for false discovery). However, their contribution to total hypotension amongst cases for all patients was small, because hypotension was widely distributed (e.g. 80% of hypotension attributable to 61.8% of anaesthetists, 95% CI 59.8-63.7%). There was no relationship between the AUC 65 and propofol induction dose. Conclusions:The AUC 65 of time-weighted pre-incision hypotension is not a suitable metric for comparing anaesthetists. There were few at-risk patients, half the anaesthetists were not evaluable because of their case-mix and caseload, and hypotension was widely distributed.

journal_name

Br J Anaesth

journal_title

British journal of anaesthesia

authors

Epstein RH,Dexter F,Schwenk ES

doi

10.1093/bja/aex153

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2017-07-01 00:00:00

pages

106-114

issue

eissn

0007-0912

issn

1471-6771

pii

S0007-0912(17)33744-3

journal_volume

119

pub_type

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Hypotension during induction of anaesthesia is neither a reliable nor a useful quality measure for comparison of anaesthetists' performance.