ArticleInternal and emergency medicine2013
Derivation of a nomogram to estimate probability of revisit in at-risk older adults discharged from the emergency department.
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- Risk factors of adverse health outcomes after hospital discharge modifiable by clinical pharmacist interventions: a review with a systematic approach.British journal of clinical pharmacology · 2017Pooled it
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- Telephone follow-up to reduce unplanned hospital returns for older emergency department patients: A randomized trial.Journal of the American Geriatrics Society · 2021Trial
- Predicting high-risk return at emergency department presentation for patients who undergo short-term revisits: the HANDLE-24 score.BMC emergency medicine · 2025Article
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- Neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio as a predictor for outcomes in patients with short-term emergency department revisits.Journal of the Chinese Medical Association : JCMA · 2024Observational
- Development and Validation of a Nomogram for Predicting Risk of Emergency Department Revisits in Chinese Older Patients.Risk management and healthcare policy · 2022Article
- Using explainable machine learning to identify patients at risk of reattendance at discharge from emergency departments.Scientific reports · 2021Article
- Prospective stratification of patients at risk for emergency department revisit: resource utilization and population management strategy implications.BMC emergency medicine · 2016Article
- Use of a risk nomogram to predict emergency department reattendance in older people after discharge: a validation study.Internal and emergency medicine · 2015Article
- Risk prediction of emergency department revisit 30 days post discharge: a prospective study.PloS one · 2014Article
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Abstract
Estimation of the risk of revisit to the emergency department (ED) soon after discharge in the older population may assist discharge planning and targeting of post discharge intervention in high risk patients. In this study we sought to derive a risk prediction calculator for this purpose. In a prospective observational study in two tertiary ED, we conducted a comprehensive assessment of people aged 65 and over, and followed them for a minimum of 28 days post discharge. Cox proportional hazard models relating any unplanned ED revisit in the follow up period to observed risk factors were used to compute a probability nomogram. From 1,439 patients, 189 (13.1 %) had at least one unplanned revisit within 28 days. Revisit probability was weighted towards chronic and difficult to modify risk factors such as depression, malignancy and cognitive impairment. We conclude that the risk of revisit post discharge is calculable using a probability nomogram. However, revisit is largely related to immutable factors reflecting chronic illness burden, and does not necessarily reflect poor ED care during the initial index presentation.
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