Burden of arrythmias in transgender patients hospitalized for gender‐affirming surgeries

Background We sought to describe the burden of arrhythmias and their impact on in‐hospital outcomes in transgender patients who underwent gender re‐assignment surgery. Methods The study utilized data from the National Inpatient Sample from January 2012 to September 2015. Results 16 555 adult transge...

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Published in:Journal of arrhythmia 2020-08, Vol.36 (4), p.797-800
Main Authors: Antwi‐Amoabeng, Daniel, Doshi, Rajkumar, Adalja, Devina, Kumar, Ashish, Desai, Rupak, Islam, Raheel, Gullapalli, Nageshwara
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Age
arrhythmia
Atrial fibrillation
Cardiac arrhythmia
Cardiac patients
Care and treatment
Conflicts of interest
Disease
Females
Gender
Health aspects
Hospitalization
Hospitals
Medical research
Medicine, Experimental
Mortality
Patients
Rapid Communication
Surgery
Transgender people
Transgender persons
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Summary:Background We sought to describe the burden of arrhythmias and their impact on in‐hospital outcomes in transgender patients who underwent gender re‐assignment surgery. Methods The study utilized data from the National Inpatient Sample from January 2012 to September 2015. Results 16 555 adult transgender patients were included in this study. A total of 610 adults developed arrhythmia out of which atrial fibrillation (N = 475, 2.87%) was the most frequent arrhythmia. In‐hospital mortality increased substantially with arrhythmias. Conclusions New‐onset arrythmias, while infrequent in the inpatient setting is associated with significantly higher in‐hospital mortality and resource utilization. New‐onset arrhythmias were not frequent in patients undergoing gender‐affirming surgeries in the inpatient setting. Atrial fibrillation was the most common arrhythmia noted in this population. These arrhythmias, when developed, increases the risk of in‐hospital mortality and resource utilizations.
ISSN:1880-4276
1883-2148
DOI:10.1002/joa3.12360