National Clinical Research Center for Cardiovascular Diseases, State Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Disease, Fuwai Hospital, National Center for Cardiovascular Diseases, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China.
Center for Outcomes Research and Evaluation, Yale-New Haven Hospital, New Haven, Connecticut, USA.
BMJ Open. 2020 Mar 26;10(3):e033269. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2019-033269.
In 2001, Chinese guidelines for the care of acute myocardial infarction (AMI) included a new recommendation against the routine use of magnesium. We studied temporal trends and institutional variation in the use of intravenous magnesium sulfate in nationally representative samples of individuals hospitalised with AMI in China between 2001 and 2015.
In an observational study (China PEACE-Retrospective Study) of AMI care, we used a two-stage, random sampling strategy to create a nationally representative sample of 28 208 patients with AMI at 162 Chinese hospitals in 2001, 2006, 2011 and 2015. The main outcome is use of intravenous magnesium sulfate over time.
We identified 24 418 patients admitted for AMI, without hypokalaemia, in the four study years. Over time, there was a significant initial decrease in intravenous magnesium sulfate use, from 32.1% in 2001 to 17.1% in 2015 (p<0.001 for trend). The decline was greater in the Eastern (from 33.3% to 16.5%) and Western (from 34.8% to 17.2%) regions, as compared with the Central region (from 25.9% to 18.1%), with little difference between rural and urban areas. The proportion of hospitals using intravenous magnesium sulfate did not change over time (from 81.3% to 77.9%). The median ORs, representing hospital-level variation, were 6.03 in 2001, 3.86 in 2006, 4.26 in 2011 and 4.72 in 2015. Intravenous magnesium sulfate use was associated with cardiac arrest at admission and receipt of reperfusion therapy, but no hospital-specific characteristics.
Despite recommendations against its use, intravenous magnesium sulfate is used in about one in six patients with AMI in China. Our findings highlight the need for more efficient mechanisms to stop using ineffective therapies to improve patients' outcomes and reduce medical waste.
ClinicalTrials.gov (NCT01624883).
2001 年,中国急性心肌梗死(AMI)治疗指南提出新的建议,反对常规使用硫酸镁。我们研究了 2001 年至 2015 年中国 AMI 住院患者的全国代表性样本中,静脉内硫酸镁的使用情况随时间的变化趋势和机构间的差异。
在 AMI 治疗的观察性研究(中国 PEACE 回顾性研究)中,我们采用两阶段随机抽样策略,在 2001 年、2006 年、2011 年和 2015 年的 162 家中国医院中创建了一个具有全国代表性的 28208 例 AMI 患者的样本。主要结局是静脉内硫酸镁的使用随时间的变化。
我们确定了在四个研究年份中,没有低钾血症的 24418 例 AMI 患者入院。随着时间的推移,静脉内硫酸镁的使用显著下降,从 2001 年的 32.1%下降到 2015 年的 17.1%(趋势 p<0.001)。东部(从 33.3%降至 16.5%)和西部(从 34.8%降至 17.2%)地区的下降幅度大于中部地区(从 25.9%降至 18.1%),农村和城市地区之间没有差异。使用静脉内硫酸镁的医院比例随时间变化不大(从 81.3%降至 77.9%)。代表医院水平变化的中位数 OR 分别为 2001 年 6.03、2006 年 3.86、2011 年 4.26 和 2015 年 4.72。静脉内硫酸镁的使用与入院时心脏骤停和接受再灌注治疗相关,但与医院特定特征无关。
尽管有反对使用的建议,但中国约有六分之一的 AMI 患者使用静脉内硫酸镁。我们的研究结果强调需要更有效的机制来停止使用无效的治疗方法,以改善患者的预后和减少医疗浪费。
ClinicalTrials.gov(NCT01624883)。