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SynthesisMedicine2021

Relationship between annualized case volume and in-hospital motality in subarachnoid hemorrhage: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

Jian-Yi Huang, Hong-Yu Lin, Qing-Qing Wei, Xing-Hua Pan, Ning-Chao Liang, Wen Gao, Sheng-Liang Shi

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Synthesis in Medicine, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors.

Jian-Yi HuangDepartment of Neurology, People's Hospital of Chongzuo city, Chongzuo, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China.
Hong-Yu LinDepartment of Neurology, People's Hospital of Chongzuo city, Chongzuo, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China.ORCID 0000-0001-7360-3281
Qing-Qing WeiDepartment of Neurology, People's Hospital of Chongzuo city, Chongzuo, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China.
Xing-Hua PanDepartment of Neurology, People's Hospital of Chongzuo city, Chongzuo, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China.
Ning-Chao LiangDepartment of Neurology, People's Hospital of Chongzuo city, Chongzuo, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China.
Wen GaoDepartment of Neurology, People's Hospital of Liuzhou city, Liuzhou, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China.
Sheng-Liang ShiDepartment of Neurology, Second Affiliated Hospital of Guangxi Medical University, Nanning, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

abstractStudies on the relationship between hospital annualized case volume and in-hospital mortality in patients with subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH) have shown conflicting results. Therefore, we performed a meta-analysis to further examine this relationship.The authors searched the PubMed and Embase databases from inception through July 2020 to identify studies that assessed the relationship between hospital annualized SAH case volume and in-hospital SAH mortality. Studies that reported in-hospital mortality in SAH patients and an adjusted odds ratio (OR) comparing mortality between low-volume and high-volume hospitals or provided core data to calculate an adjusted OR were eligible for inclusion. No language or human subject restrictions were imposed.Five retrospective cohort studies with 46,186 patients were included for analysis. The pooled estimate revealed an inverse relationship between annualized case volume and in-hospital mortality (OR, 0.53; 95% confidence interval, 0.42-0.68, P < .0001). This relationship was consistent in almost all subgroup analyses and was robust in sensitivity analyses.This meta-analysis confirms an inverse relationship between hospital annualized SAH case volume and in-hospital SAH mortality. Higher annualized case volume was associated with lower in-hospital mortality.

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Hospital MortalityHospitals, High-VolumeHumansOdds RatioRetrospective StudiesSubarachnoid Hemorrhage

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PMID35049186
PMCPMC9191364

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