Burden of arrythmias in transgender patients hospitalized for gender-affirming surgeries
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Daniel Antwi-Amoabeng1, Rajkumar Doshi1, Devina Adalja2
1Department of Internal Medicine University of Nevada Reno School of Medicine Reno NV USA.
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.
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