ArticlePediatric surgery international2015
Pediatric surgery readmissions: a root cause analysis.
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- Synergistic use of Unplanned Reoperation and Hospital Readmission rates for quality monitoring in pediatric surgical care.Pediatric surgery international · 2024Observational
- The impact of unplanned 30-day readmission as a quality indicator in pediatric surgery.Frontiers in surgery · 2023Article
- Nationwide outcomes of incidental appendectomy during cholecystectomy versus cholecystectomy alone in children: a propensity score-matched analysis.Pediatric surgery international · 2022Article
- The need for Paediatric Emergency Laparotomy Audit (PELA) in the UK.Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England · 2020Article
- Understanding unplanned readmissions for children undergoing surgery in a single pediatric general surgical department.BMC pediatrics · 2019Article
- Readmission within 30 days of discharge (ReAd): a quality-of-care indicator in paediatric surgery.Pediatric surgery international · 2019Article
- Comparison of 30-day emergency department bouncebacks after pediatric versus adult urologic surgery.Journal of pediatric urology · 2017Article
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Abstract
introductionHospital readmission rates are used as a metric of the quality of patient care in adults. Readmission data is lacking for pediatric surgical patients. The objective of this study is to evaluate our institution's 30-day unexpected pediatric surgical readmission data to identify potentially preventable readmissions.
methodsAn internal database of all pediatric surgical 30-day readmissions to two tertiary-referral children's hospitals in a single health system was reviewed. All pediatric general surgery admissions between January 2008 and May 2013 with hospital readmission within 30 days were included in the study. Patient demographics, diagnoses, cause of readmission, procedure performed, and length of stay were recorded. Charts were individually reviewed to evaluate causality of readmission.
resultsThere were 2217 pediatric general surgery admissions during the study period. Of these, 145 (6.5%) experienced unexpected readmission within 30 days. One-third of all readmissions occurred in infants between 0 and 364 days of age, 50% occurred in those under 2 years and wholly 80% of all readmissions occurred in those under 9 years of age. A majority of readmissions were associated with chronic comorbid conditions.
conclusionAnalysis of pediatric surgical readmission data may assist hospitals in focusing quality of care and cost effectiveness strategies. Development of coordination of care strategies and discharge planning involving both pediatric surgical teams and pediatric hospitalists/specialists may reduce pediatric surgical readmission rates.
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