• J Perioper Pract · May 2021

    Functional status as a marker of need for hospital admission following outpatient hernia repair.

    • J Jeffery Reeves, Emily Mannix, Brittany N Burton, Rodney A Gabriel, and Ruth S Waterman.
    • Department of Surgery, University of California, San Diego, CA, USA.
    • J Perioper Pract. 2021 May 1; 31 (5): 175-180.

    IntroductionThe careful selection of patients for hernia repair in ambulatory surgery centres is critical to prevent unanticipated inpatient admissions. The aim of this study was to evaluate risk factors associated with inpatient admission.MethodsA multivariable logistic regression was performed utilising the ACS NSQIP database from 2007 to 2016. The primary outcome was same-day hospital discharge. The primary exposure variable was preoperative functional status. Additional covariates included sex, obesity, age, smoking status, steroid use, dyspnoea, diabetes mellitus, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, congestive heart failure, hypertension, bleeding disorder, dialysis-dependence and American Society of Anesthesiologists classification score.ResultsA total of 194,822 patients underwent hernia repair in the outpatient setting; 8705 (4.5%) required hospital admission. The variables with the most significantly increased odds for hospital admission were partially dependent and totally dependent preoperative functional status.ConclusionA non-independent baseline functional status is the strongest predictor of need for admission following outpatient hernia repair.

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