Abstract
Cardiogenic shock (CS) is associated with significant mortality, and there is a movement towards regional 'hub-and-spoke' triage systems to coordinate care and resources. Limited data exist on outcomes of patients treated at CS transfer hubs. Cardiogenic shock hospitalizations were obtained from the Nationwide Readmissions Database 2010-2014. Centres receiving any interhospital transfers with CS in a given year were classified as CS transfer 'hubs'; those without transfers were classified as 'spokes.' In-hospital mortality was compared among three cohorts: (A) direct admissions to spokes, (B) direct admissions to hubs, and (C) interhospital transfer to hubs. Among hospitals treating CS, 70.6% were classified as spokes and 29.4% as hubs. A total of 130 656 (31.7%) hospitalizations with CS were direct admission to spokes, 253 234 (61.4%) were direct admissions to hubs, and 28 777 (7.0%) were transfer to hubs. CS mortality was 47.8% at spoke hospitals and was lower at hub hospitals, both for directly admitted (39.3%, P < 0.01) and transferred (33.4%, P < 0.01) patients. Hospitalizations at hubs had higher procedural frequency (including coronary artery bypass graft, right heart catheterization, mechanical circulatory support), gre...Continue Reading
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