The Surgical Care Improvement Project (SCIP) pilot studies used
these definitions:
SCIP Cardiac 1: Percent of major non-cardiac vascular
surgery patients with prior evidence of coronary disease, without
contraindications to receiving beta-blockers, who received beta-blockers
on the day of surgery, preoperatively or intraoperatively.
Num: Number of patients with prior
evidence of coronary disease who received beta-blockers on the
day of surgery, preoperatively or intraoperatively.
Den: All selected surgical patients
with prior evidence of coronary artery disease, without contraindications
to receiving beta-blockers
SCIP Cardiac 2: Percent of major non-cardiac vascular surgery
patients with a history of coronary disease, without contraindications
to receiving beta-blockers, who were started on beta-blockers
the day of surgery that received beta-blockers until discharge
(and up to 30 days postoperatively)
Num: Number of patients who received
beta-blockers postoperatively until discharge, up to 30 days postoperatively.
Den: All major non-cardiac vascular
surgical patients with prior evidence of coronary artery disease,
without contraindications to receiving beta-blockers, who received
beta-blockers preoperatively or intraoperatively on the day of
surgery,
SCIP Cardiac 3: Percent of major surgery patients, maintained
on a beta-blocker prior to surgery that received a beta-blocker
during the perioperative period.
Num: Number of major surgical patients
maintained on a beta-blocker who receive a beta-blocker perioperatively
Den: All major surgical patients
maintained on a beta-blocker prior to admission
These measures are finalized and were announced on May 28th, 2005,
for implementation starting in January of 2006.
