Readmission in elective spine surgery: Will short stays be beneficial to patients.
J Clin Neurosci
; 78: 170-174, 2020 Aug.
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| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-32360160
ABSTRACT
There has been limited discussion as to whether spine surgery patients are benefiting from shorter in-patient hospital stays or if they are incurring higher rates of readmission and complications secondary to shortened length of stays. Included in this study were 237,446 spine patients >18yrs and excluding infection. Patients with Clavien Grade 5 complications in 2015 had the lowest mean time to readmission after initial surgery in all years at 12.44 ± 9.03 days. Pearson bivariate correlations between LOS ≤ 1 day and decreasing days to readmission was the strongest in 2016.). Logistic regression analysis found that LOS ≤ 1 day showed an overall increase in the odds of hospital readmission from 2012 to 2016 (2.29 [2.00-2.63], 2.33 [2.08-2.61], 2.35 [2.11-2.61], 2.27 [2.06-2.49], 2.33 [2.14-2.54], all p < 0.001).
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Collection:
01-internacional
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Patient Readmission
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Postoperative Complications
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Spinal Diseases
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Neurosurgical Procedures
Type of study:
Etiology_studies
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Incidence_studies
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Observational_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Limits:
Adult
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Aged
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
Language:
En
Journal:
J Clin Neurosci
Journal subject:
NEUROLOGIA
Year:
2020
Document type:
Article
Affiliation country:
United States