Practitioner dashboard feedback improves glycemic but not temperature compliance during cardiac surgery: A single center retrospective analysis

Abstract

Study ObjectiveTo determine the association of practitioner dashboard feedback of intraoperative glycemic and temperature control on maintenance of normoglycemia and normothermia. DesignRetrospective review. SettingSingle tertiary care institution. PatientsPatients over the age of 18 undergoing cardiac surgery from February 17, 2021 through February 16, 2023. During the study interval, 15 anesthesiologists providing care during 2255 procedures were analyzed: 1114 prior to the individual faculty dashboard distribution and 1141 after commencement of dashboard distribution. InterventionsOn February 17, 2022, anesthesia faculty members began receiving monthly individualized dashboards indicating their personal intraoperative glycemic and temperature compliance rates. MeasurementsBaseline patient demographic characteristics, surgical and cardiopulmonary bypass times, perioperative temperature and glucose concentrations, and the incidence of sternal wound infections. Glycemic compliance was defined as final serum glucose between 80 and 180 mg/dL. Temperature compliance was defined as an average temperature during the final 30 min of the surgical procedure between 35 and 37.3 °C inclusive. Main resultsDashboard distribution was associated with a significant decrease in the average glucose concentration (median location shift by −6 mg% (95% confidence interval (CI) -8, −4), p < 0.001) from 157 mg/dL to 152 mg/dL and final glucose concentration (median location shift by −17 mg/dL (95% CI -19, −14, p < 0.001) from 161 mg/dL to 145 mg/dL. The intervention was associated with an improvement in glycemic compliance from 71.4% to 87.1% (odds ratio (OR): 2.71(95% CI 2.19, 3.37, p < 0.001)). There were no significant differences in final temperature (36.3 °C [Q1, Q3: 36.0, 36.6] vs. 36.3 °C [Q1, Q3: 36.0, 36.7] (p = 0.232)) with the intervention nor were there any statistically significant differences in temperature compliance (93.9% vs. 92.9%, OR: 0.79 (95% CI 0.55–1.14, p = 0.25). There were no statistically significant changes in the incidence of superficial, deep, or any wound infections with the intervention. ConclusionsIndividualized practitioner dashboard distribution may be an effective tool to increase intraoperative glycemic control.