Outcomes, Trends, and Healthcare Disparities in Patients Hospitalized with Chronic Limb-Threatening Ischemia

Christian Torres, Francisco Ujueta, Everett Rogers, Amre Ghazzal, Radleigh Santos, Christian Koelbl, Esteban Escolar, Gervasio A. Lamas, Sahil A. Parikh, Nirat Beohar

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Abstract

BACKGROUND: Chronic limb-threatening ischemia (CLTI) is the most severe form of peripheral artery disease (PAD) and is associated with poor patient outcomes and increased healthcare costs. While racial, socioeconomic, and other healthcare disparities are widely recognized to influence the management of CLTI, the extent of the role they play is still an area of intense investigation. METHODS: We analyzed data from the National Inpatient Sample (NIS) to identify all patients ≥18 years of age admitted with a primary diagnosis of CLTI from 2016 to 2019. Descriptive statistics were used to summarize patient baseline characteristics (age, gender, race, comorbidities, socioeconomic status, and procedural rates). Logistic regression models and temporal trends were used to determine predictors of major amputation and major adverse cardiovascular events (MACE), as well as in CLTI admissions during the 4-year study period, major amputation, endovascular intervention, and peripheral bypass further divided into racial cohorts. RESULTS: A total of 121,087,650 patients were hospitalized from 2016 to 2019 of which 4,707,657 (3.9%) were hospitalized for CLTI. The mean age of patients admitted with CLTI was 60 ± 17 years. A majority were male (57.8%, P
Original languageAmerican English
Pages (from-to)E103-E113
JournalJournal of Critical Limb Ischemia
Volume3
Issue number3
DOIs
StatePublished - Jan 2023

Keywords

  • Chronic limb-threatening ischemia
  • health disparities
  • national inpatient sample
  • peripheral artery disease

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