• Rev Esp Anestesiol Reanim (Engl Ed) · Jan 2019

    Comparative Study

    Ultra-fast-track extubation vs. conventional extubation after cardiac surgery in a cardiovascular reference centre in Colombia. A longitudinal study.

    • A Guerrero Gómez, N González Jaramillo, and J A Castro Pérez.
    • Departamento de Anestesiología, Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana, Medellín (Antioquia), Colombia. Electronic address: adri460@hotmail.com.
    • Rev Esp Anestesiol Reanim (Engl Ed). 2019 Jan 1; 66 (1): 10-17.

    IntroductionThe fast track / ultra-fast-track protocols are techniques used to optimise the patient care process and a quick recovery after cardiac surgery. They are one of the mainstays of efficient practice. With their use, the length of hospital and intensive care unit (ICU) stays are reduced, with a direct impact on costs and the quality of the health service.ObjectiveTo compare the length of stay in the ICU, length of hospital stay, and post-operative mortality in ultra-fast-track extubated (uFTE) patients and those with conventional extubation (CE) after cardiac surgery.MethodsLongitudinal, analytical, retrospective study was conducted, with the period between the time of surgery and discharge being included as the study period.ResultsA total of 396 patients older than 18 years who required cardiac surgery were included, of whom 207 patients had (uFTE) and 189 had CE. Although the groups were not comparable due to the statistical differences found, when performing the multivariate adjustment, uFTE maintained its statistical independence and was associated with lower cardiovascular morbidity, such as myocardial ischaemia (95% CI: 0.37-0.86; P = .01) and lower post-surgical vasopressor requirement (95% CI: 0.18-0.49; P < .01). No significant differences were found in the length of hospital stay, ICU stay, or post-operative mortality in the ICU.ConclusionImplementing the uFTE strategy, decreases cardiovascular morbidity and vasopressor requirement. The change to uFTE should be accompanied by changes in models and practices in patient recovery to standardised protocols. This study shows that uFTE did not reduce the length of ICU stay, hospital stay, or mortality.Copyright © 2018 Sociedad Española de Anestesiología, Reanimación y Terapéutica del Dolor. Publicado por Elsevier España, S.L.U. All rights reserved.

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