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Gatekeeping in an inpatient rehabilitation facility to reduce morbidity and mortality due to cardiac disease : screening program using of BNP and ECG Auto-diagnosis
Kano, Naoaki
92116
Kato, Toyonori
92117
Tomohara, Takiko
92118
Futamura, Yukiko
92119
Yoshida, Shogo
92120
Okumura, Takahiro
92121
Maeda, Kengo
92122
Murohara, Toyoaki
92123
Oda, Koji
92124
rehabilitation
BNP
screening
cardiac complications
ECG
2019-05
The Kaifukuki-Rehabilitation Ward (KRW) is a type of inpatient rehabilitation facility in Japan. In the KRW of our institute, mortality and frequency of emergency referrals in 2013 were rather high, 2.6% and 4.3%, respectively. We aimed to investigate the usefulness of an original gatekeeping system to reduce mortality and morbidity from cardiac complications, and to improve the quality of medical care in the KRW. A total of 370 consecutive patients admitted to the KRW of Kobayashi Memorial Hospital between 1 May 2015 and 31 March 2016 were enrolled in this prospective observational study. All patients underwent a screening evaluation in which we defined patients as being screen positive (SC-positive) if they had at least one of 20 diagnostic ECG codes and/or BNP level over 140 pg/dL at admission. A cardiologist provided weekly interventions to those among SC-positive patients who needed cardiac disease treatment during hospitalization. In all, 129 patients were classified as SC-positive (mean age 80 years, 124 [32%] male), and weekly intervention was needed in 28 patients, including start of cardiac medication in 17 cases. Mortality and frequency of emergency transfer due to cardiac disease during hospital stay were 0.3% and 0.3%, respectively. Our gatekeeping system involving a screening evaluation at admission and weekly intervention in selected patients by a cardiologist may be useful in reducing mortality and rate of transfer due to cardiac disease and may improve quality of medical care in KRWs.
departmental bulletin paper
Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, School of Medicine
2019-05
Nagoya Journal of Medical Science
2
81
303
312
2186-3326
0027-7622
eng
http://www.med.nagoya-u.ac.jp/medlib/nagoya_j_med_sci/812.html
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