ArticleHeart (British Cardiac Society)1999
Death on the waiting list for cardiac surgery in The Netherlands in 1994 and 1995.
Article in Heart (British Cardiac Society), 1999. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT04393636 (Randomized Controlled Trial of Digital Cardiac Counseling in Patients With Delayed Cardiac Surgical Treatment Due to Covid-19 Pandemic), which is not on this map. Cited by 7 papers.
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Randomized Controlled Trial of Digital Cardiac Counseling in Patients With Delayed Cardiac Surgical Treatment Due to Covid-19 Pandemic (DCC Trial)
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7 citing papers in PubMed.
- A multi-centre prospective cohort study of patients on the elective waiting list for cardiac surgery during the COVID-19 pandemic.Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine · 2022Article
- Assessing the cost effectiveness of using prognostic biomarkers with decision models: case study in prioritising patients waiting for coronary artery surgery.BMJ (Clinical research ed.) · 2010Article
- The risk of death associated with delayed coronary artery bypass surgery.BMC health services research · 2006Article
- True versus reported waiting times for valvular aortic stenosis surgery.The Canadian journal of cardiology · 2006Article
- Should patients with stenosis of the left main coronary artery waiting for bypass grafting be given priority?CMAJ : Canadian Medical Association journal = journal de l'Association medicale canadienne · 2005Article
- Death on the waiting list for cardiac surgery.CMAJ : Canadian Medical Association journal = journal de l'Association medicale canadienne · 2004Article
- Private funding of elective hospital treatment in England and Wales, 1997-8: national survey.BMJ (Clinical research ed.) · 2000Article
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Abstract
objectiveTo describe the causes and circumstances of death regarding patients who died in 1994 and 1995 while on a waiting list for cardiac surgery in the Netherlands.
designRetrospective multicentre case study.
setting11 Dutch cardiac surgery centres. PATIENTS: All patients reported as dying while on the waiting list for cardiac surgery in 1994 and 1995.
main outcome measuresClassification of death by an independent adjudication committee into "erroneously reported", "waiting list related" or "not waiting list related". Death was judged as "waiting list related" if the clinical course would have been substantially different if there had been unrestricted surgical capacity.
results138 and 129 deaths were reported in 1994 and 1995, respectively. 43 deaths (16%) were considered as erroneously reported. 181 of the remaining 224 cases were adjudicated as waiting list related. Median time from acceptance for surgery to death was 35 days (interquartile range 14-75 days). 97 of 181 deaths occurred within six weeks following addition to the waiting list. The estimated incidence of death ranged from 1.33 per 1000 patient-weeks during weeks 2-4 to 0.68 per 1000 patient-weeks after 12 weeks.
conclusionsThe causes and circumstances of death are waiting list related for approximately 100 patients per year in the Netherlands. At least half of the deaths may occur within the first six weeks. Waiting lists for cardiac surgery engender high risks for the patients involved.
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