Outpatient (Same-day care) Neuroangiography and Neurointervention.
10.5469/neuroint.2012.7.1.17
- Author:
Yun Gyeong JEONG
1
;
Eun Hye KIM
;
Sun Moon HWANG
;
Ga Young LEE
;
Jong Woo KIM
;
Yeong Jun CHOI
;
Jae Hyuk KWAK
;
Dae Chul SUH
Author Information
1. Department of Radiology and Research Institute of Radiology, University of Ulsan, College of Medicine, Asan Medical Center, Seoul, Korea. dcsuh@amc.seoul.kr
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords:
Neurointervention;
Outpatients;
Ambulatory care
- MeSH:
Ambulatory Care;
Aneurysm;
Angiography;
Arteriovenous Malformations;
Atherosclerosis;
Catheters;
Cerebral Angiography;
Humans;
Neurology;
Outpatients
- From:Neurointervention
2012;7(1):17-22
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
-
Abstract:
PURPOSE: There have been few reports regarding same-day discharge following uncomplicated procedures such as cerebral angiography and neurointervention. We present same-day experience with cerebral angiography and neurointervention during the past three years. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Four hundred and fifty-three patients underwent cerebral angiography or neurointervention at Asan Medical Center between January 2009 and December 2011. Of these patients, 249 (55%) underwent diagnostic catheter cerebral angiography and 204 patients (45%) underwent neurointerventional procedures as same-day procedures. We analyzed any complications, the modified patient-care process, the yearly trend in patient increases, disease categories, and the additional duration of admission for these procedures. RESULTS: The number of overall patients increased by an average of 51% annually. The disease categories included aneurysm (51%), atherosclerosis (11%) and arteriovenous malformation (10%), etc. for which the patient underwent angiography, and aneurysm (42%), venous malformation (28%), and arteriovenous malformation (17%), etc. for which patients underwent neurointervention. Same-day care patients were admitted to the intermediary care unit in the angiosuite. Neurointervention patients were sent to the neurology intensive unit after the procedure. The same-day care patients stayed in angiosuite for six hours following the transfemoral procedure. The mean admission duration for neurointervention was 2.4 days. There were no reported complications for the same-day care procedures. CONCLUSION: Our study revealed an increasing tendency toward same-day care for patients who require angiography and neurointervention. Further studies will be required to better define the cost-minimization effects of outpatient practice as well as the patient perception of this fast-tracking method. We propose that outpatient angiography and neurointervention will undoubtedly continue to increase over the next decade.
