Survival, Healthcare Utilization, and End-of-life Care among Older Adults with Malignancy-associated Bowel Obstruction: Comparative Study of Surgery, Venting Gastrostomy, or Medical Management

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• Journal Article:
  Ann Surg
• Personal Author:
  Lilley, Elizabeth J. ; Scott, John W. ; Goldberg, Joel E. ; Cauley, Christy E. ; Temel, Jennifer S. ; Epstein, Andrew S. ; Lipsitz, Stuart R. ; Smalls, Brittany L. ; Haider, Adil H. ; Bader, Angela M. ; Weissman, Joel S. ; Cooper, Zara
• Description:
  Objective
  
  To compare survival, readmissions, and end-of-life care after palliative procedures vs. medical management for malignancy-associated bowel obstruction (MBO).
  
  Background
  
  MBO is a late complication of intra-abdominal malignancy for which surgeons are frequently consulted. Decisions about palliative treatments, which include medical management, surgery, or venting gastrostomy tube (VGT), are hampered by the paucity of outcomes data relevant to patients approaching the end of life.
  
  Methods
  
  Retrospective study using 2001-2012 SEER-Medicare data of patients ≥65 years of age with stage IV ovarian or pancreatic cancer who were hospitalized for MBO. Multivariate competing-risks regression models were used to compare the following outcomes: survival, readmission for MBO, hospice enrollment, ICU care in the last days of life, and location of death in an acute care hospital.
  
  Results
  
  Median survival after MBO admission was 76 days (IQR 26-319 days). Survival was shorter after VGT (38 days IQR 23-69) than medical management (72 days 23-312) or surgery (128 days 42-483). As compared to medical management, patients treated with VGT had fewer readmissions (subdistribution hazard ratio 0.410.29-0.58), increased hospice enrollment (1.651.42-1.91), and less ICU care (0.690.52-0.93) and in-hospital death (0.470.36-0.63). Surgery was associated with fewer readmissions (0.690.59-0.80), decreased hospice enrollment (0.840.76-0.92), and higher likelihood of ICU care (1.381.17-1.64).
  
  Conclusions
  
  VGT is associated with fewer readmissions and lower intensity healthcare utilization at the end of life than medical management or surgery. Given the limited survival, regardless of management, hospitalization with MBO carries prognostic significance and presents a critical opportunity to identify patients’ priorities for end-of-life care.
• Subjects:
  • Article
  • End-of-life care
  • palliative surgery
  • geriatric patients
  • cancer
  • malignant bowel obstruction
  • palliative care
  • Aged
  • Aged, 80 and over
  • Critical Care
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• Source:
  Ann Surg. 267(4):692-699
• DOI:
  http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/SLA.0000000000002164
• Pubmed ID:
  28151799
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC7509894
• Document Type:
  Text ; Journal Article
• Funding:
  HHSN261201000140C/CA/NCI NIH HHS/United States ; P30 CA008748/CA/NCI NIH HHS/United States ; HHSN261201000035I/CA/NCI NIH HHS/United States ; R25 CA092203/CA/NCI NIH HHS/United States ; U58 DP003862/DP/NCCDPHP CDC HHS/United States ; HHSN261201000035C/PC/NCI NIH HHS/United States ; HHSN261201000034C/CA/NCI NIH HHS/United States
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Volume:
  267
• Issue:
  4
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/94161/cdc_94161_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 600.26 KB]
• Collection(s):
  CDC Public Access
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