{"content":[{"text":"Original scientific article \n Risk Factors for 30-Day Hospital Readmission among \n General Surgery Patients \n Author links open overlay panelMichael T.KassinMDaRachel M.OwenMDabSebastian \n D.PerezMSPHbIraLeedsBSaJames C.CoxPhDcKurtSchnierPhDcVjollcaSadirajPhDcJohn F.SweeneyMD, \n FACSab \n https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2012.05.024Get rights and content \n Background \n Hospital readmission within 30 days of an index hospitalization is receiving increased \n scrutiny as a marker of poor-quality patient care. This study identifies factors associated \n with 30-day readmission after general surgery procedures.","bbox":{"left":0.117686,"top":0.09542,"width":0.760768,"height":0.27614299999999997}},{"text":"Study Design \n Using standard National Surgical Quality Improvement Project protocol, preoperative, \n intraoperative, and postoperative outcomes were collected on patients undergoing \n inpatient general surgery procedures at a single academic center between 2009 and \n 2011. Data were merged with our institutional clinical data warehouse to identify \n unplanned 30-day readmissions. Demographics, comorbidities, type of procedure, \n postoperative complications, and ICD-9 coding data were reviewed for patients who \n were readmitted. Univariate and multivariate analysis was used to identify risk factors \n associated with 30-day readmission.","bbox":{"left":0.117686,"top":0.384912,"width":0.7389050000000001,"height":0.210161}},{"text":"Results \n One thousand four hundred and forty-two general surgery patients were reviewed. One \n hundred and sixty-three (11.3%) were readmitted within 30 days of discharge. The most \n common reasons for readmission were gastrointestinal problem/complication (27.6%), \n surgical infection (22.1%), and failure to thrive/malnutrition (10.4%). Comorbidities \n associated with risk of readmission included disseminated cancer, dyspnea, and \n preoperative open wound (p < 0.05 for all variables). Surgical procedures associated \n with higher rates of readmission included pancreatectomy, colectomy, and liver \n resection. Postoperative occurrences leading to increased risk of readmission were \n blood transfusion, postoperative pulmonary complication, wound complication, \n sepsis/shock, urinary tract infection, and vascular complications. Multivariable analysis \n demonstrates that the most significant independent risk factor for readmission is the \n occurrence of any postoperative complication (odds ratio = 4.20; 95% CI, 2.89–6.13).","bbox":{"left":0.117686,"top":0.608422,"width":0.7604650000000001,"height":0.30107799999999996}}],"images_bbox":[],"images_bbox_not_text_overlap":[]}