Annals of Emergency Medicine ( IF 5.0 ) Pub Date : 2021-10-02 , DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2021.08.016 Adam L Sharp 1 , Rani Pallegadda 2 , Aileen Baecker 3 , Stacy Park 3 , Najlla Nassery 4 , Ahmed Hassoon 5 , Susan Peterson 6 , Samantha I Pitts 4 , Zheyu Wang 7 , Yuxin Zhu 7 , David E Newman-Toker 8
Study objective
To assess if having a mental health and/or substance use disorder is associated with a missed acute myocardial infarction diagnosis in the emergency department (ED).
Methods
This was a retrospective cohort analysis (2009 to 2017) of adult ED encounters at Kaiser Permanente Southern California. We used the validated symptom-disease pair analysis of diagnostic error methodological approach to “look back” and “look forward” and identify missed acute myocardial infarctions within 30 days of a treat-and-release ED visit. We use adjusted logistic regression to report the odds of missed acute myocardial infarction among patients with a history of mental health and/or substance use disorders.
Results
The look-back analysis identified 44,473 acute myocardial infarction hospital encounters; 574 (1.3%) diagnoses were missed. The odds of missed diagnoses were higher in patients with mental health disorders (odds ratio [OR] 1.48, 95% confidence interval [CI] 1.23 to 1.77) but not in those with substance abuse disorders (OR 1.22, 95% CI 0.91 to 1.62). The highest risk was observed in those with co-occurring disorders (OR 1.90, 95% CI 1.30 to 2.76). The look-forward analysis identified 325,088 chest pain/dyspnea ED encounters; 508 (0.2%) were missed acute myocardial infarctions. No significant associations of missed acute myocardial infarction were revealed in either group (mental health disorder: OR 0.92, 95% CI 0.71 to 1.18; substance use disorder: OR 1.22, 95% CI 0.80 to 1.85).
Conclusion
The look-back analysis identified patients with mental illness at increased risk of missed acute myocardial infarction diagnosis, with the highest risk observed in those with a history of comorbid substance abuse. Having substance use disorders alone did not increase this risk in either cohort. The look-forward analysis revealed challenges in prospectively identifying high-risk patients to target for improvement.
中文翻译:
在急诊科遇到胸痛或呼吸困难时,心理健康和物质使用障碍是否是漏诊急性心肌梗塞的危险因素?
学习目标
评估心理健康和/或物质使用障碍是否与急诊科 (ED) 漏诊的急性心肌梗塞有关。
方法
这是一项回顾性队列分析(2009 年至 2017 年)在 Kaiser Permanente 南加州遇到的成人 ED。我们使用经过验证的症状-疾病配对分析诊断错误方法学方法来“回顾”和“展望”,并在治疗和释放 ED 就诊后 30 天内识别漏诊的急性心肌梗死。我们使用调整后的逻辑回归来报告有精神健康和/或物质使用障碍病史的患者错过急性心肌梗死的几率。
结果
回顾分析确定了 44,473 次急性心肌梗死住院病例;574 (1.3%) 次诊断被遗漏。精神疾病患者漏诊的几率较高(比值比 [OR] 1.48,95% 置信区间 [CI] 1.23 至 1.77),但在药物滥用障碍患者中则不然(OR 1.22,95% CI 0.91 至 1.62) )。在同时发生疾病的患者中观察到的风险最高(OR 1.90,95% CI 1.30 至 2.76)。前瞻性分析确定了 325,088 例胸痛/呼吸困难 ED 遭遇;508 (0.2%) 人错过了急性心肌梗死。两组均未发现漏诊急性心肌梗死的显着相关性(精神健康障碍:OR 0.92,95% CI 0.71 至 1.18;物质使用障碍:OR 1.22,95% CI 0.80 至 1.85)。
结论
回顾分析确定了精神疾病患者漏诊急性心肌梗死的风险增加,在有药物滥用史的患者中观察到的风险最高。在这两个队列中,单独患有物质使用障碍并没有增加这种风险。前瞻性分析揭示了前瞻性识别高风险患者以进行改善的挑战。