Readmissions after cardiac surgery: experience of the National Institutes of Health/Canadian Institutes of Health research cardiothoracic surgical trials network.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Readmissions are a common problem in cardiac surgery. The goal of this study was to examine the frequency, timing, and associated risk factors for readmission after cardiac operations.

Methods

A 10-center cohort study prospectively enrolled 5,158 adult cardiac surgical patients (5,059 included in analysis) to assess risk factors for infection after cardiac operations. Data were also collected on all-cause readmissions occurring within 65 days after the operation. Major outcomes included the readmission rate stratified by procedure type, cause of readmission, length of readmission stay, and discharge disposition after readmission. Multivariable Cox regression was used to determine risk factors for time to first readmission.

Results

The overall rate of readmi

SUBMITTER: Iribarne A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4186890 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature