Hospital Readmission Rates Among Mechanically Ventilated Patients With Stroke.

ABSTRACT:

Background and purpose

Tracheostomy is frequently performed in patients with severe ischemic stroke, intracerebral hemorrhage, or subarachnoid hemorrhage. Little is known about readmission rates among stroke patients who undergo mechanical ventilation.

Methods

We used previously validated International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Edition-Clinical Modification codes and data on all discharges from nonfederal acute care hospitals in 3 states. We compared readmission rates among mechanically ventilated patients with stroke who were discharged with or without a tracheostomy.

Results

Among 39,881 patients who underwent mechanical ventilation during the index stroke hospitalization and survived to discharge, 10,690 (26.8%; 95% confidence interval, 26.4%-27.2%) underwe

SUBMITTER: Lahiri S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4589479 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature