Anesthesia & Clinical Research
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Abstract

Trend of Usage of Vasopressors in the United States

Aparna Yarram*, Shaadi Abughazaleh and Ali Seifi

Background: The purpose of this study is to determine the trend of usage of vasopressors in the United States from 2005 to 2014 using a robust database.

Methods: Data from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality’s Nationwide Inpatient Sample (NIS) was queried from 2005-2014 for the patients who received vasopressors. Data was dichotomized to teaching and non- teaching institutions. Z-tests were performed using statistical analysis to assess for significant differences.

Results: The usage of Vasopressor Infusion procedure increased by an overall 143% in all hospitals across the US between 2005 and 2014. This increase was particularly seen among teaching hospitals that reported a 246% increase in vasopressor use, compared to non-teaching hospitals that showed a 2% increase. The difference between vasopressor infusions among teaching and non-teaching hospitals was significant in 2010 and 2012-2014 (p-value<0.05).

Conclusion: Our data demonstrates increased overall usage of vasopressors in American hospitals, particularly among the teaching hospitals in the recent years. Further studies are needed to stratify this data among different clinical uses in order to assess factors that explain the association of teaching status with vasopressor use.

Published Date: 2020-10-26; Received Date: 2020-10-05