Yuli Y. Kim1, Wei He2, Thomas E. MacGillivray3, Oscar J. Benavidez2
Congenital Heart Disease, Vol.12, No.2, pp. 159-165, 2017, DOI:10.1111/chd.12433
Abstract Objective: Despite their clinical importance, 30-day readmission after adult congenital heart surgery has been understudied. They sought to determine the frequency of unplanned readmissions
after adult congenital heart surgery and to identify any potential associated risk factors.
Design: Retrospective cohort study using State Inpatient Databases for Washington, New York,
Florida, and California from 2009 to 2011.
Setting: Federal and nonfederal acute care hospitals.
Patients: Admissions of patients age 18–49 years with International Classification of Diseases, Ninth
Revision, Clinical Modification codes indicating adult congenital heart surgery.
Outcome Measures: Readmission was defined as any nonelective hospitalization for a given
patient ≤30 days… More >
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