Frequency, risk factors, and outcomes of early unplanned readmissions to PICUs.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To determine the rate of unplanned PICU readmissions, examine the characteristics of index admissions associated with readmission, and compare outcomes of readmissions versus index admissions.

Design

Retrospective cohort analysis.

Setting

Ninety North American PICUs that participated in the Virtual Pediatric Intensive Care Unit Systems.

Patients

One hundred five thousand four hundred thirty-seven admissions between July 2009 and March 2011.

Interventions

None.

Measurements and main results

Unplanned PICU readmission within 48 hours of index discharge was the primary outcome. Summary statistics, bivariate analyses, and mixed-effects logistic regression model with random effects for each hospital were performed.There were 1,161 readmissio

SUBMITTER: Edwards JD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4327890 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature