Evidence map›Paper›PMID 30057940›Full record

ArticleSurgery research and practice2018

Common Sequences of Emergency Readmissions among High-Impact Users following AAA Repair.

Ahsan Rao, Alex Bottle, Colin Bicknell, Ara Darzi, Paul Aylin

Open access · hybridAbstract read
In one paragraph

Article in Surgery research and practice, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
2citing papers in PubMed
0.5field-weighted citation impact, top 30% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed, 4 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Article
  2. Article
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Ahsan RaoDr Foster Unit, Department of Public Health, Imperial College London, 3 Dorset Rise, London EC4Y 8EN, UK.ORCID 0000-0001-8728-8729
Alex BottleDr Foster Unit, Department of Public Health, Imperial College London, 3 Dorset Rise, London EC4Y 8EN, UK.
Colin BicknellDepartment of Surgery, Imperial College London, St. Mary's Hospital, Praed Street, London W2 1NY, UK.
Ara DarziDepartment of Surgery, Imperial College London, St. Mary's Hospital, Praed Street, London W2 1NY, UK.
Paul AylinDr Foster Unit, Department of Public Health, Imperial College London, 3 Dorset Rise, London EC4Y 8EN, UK.
Imperial College London · GBSt Mary's Hospital · GB

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

introductionThe aim of the study was to examine common sequences of causes of readmissions among those patients with multiple hospital admissions, high-impact users, after abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) repair and to focus on strategies to reduce long-term readmission rate.

methodsThe patient cohort (2006-2009) included patients from Hospital Episodes Statistics, the national administrative data of all NHS English hospitals, and followed up for 5 years. Group-based trajectory modelling and sequence analysis were performed on the data.

resultsFrom a total of 16,973 elective AAA repair patients, 18% (

conclusionA significant number of patients were high-impact users after AAA repair. They had a common and distinct sequence of causes of readmissions following AAA repair, mainly consisting of cardiopulmonary conditions and aortic graft complications. The common causes of long-term mortality were not related to AAA repair. The quality of care can be improved by identifying these patients early and focusing on prevention of cardiopulmonary diseases in the community.

Identifiers

PMID30057940
PMCPMC6051028
OpenAlexW2809762489

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
LicenceCC BY
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.