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ArticleWorld journal of clinical cases2022

Risk factors for hospital readmissions in pneumonia patients: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

Yuan-Yuan Fang, Jian-Chao Ni, Yin Wang, Jian-Hong Yu, Ling-Ling Fu

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Article in World journal of clinical cases, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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6 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 9 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Yuan-Yuan FangDepartment of Geriatrics, Affiliated Hospital of Shaoxing University, Shaoxing 312000, Zhejiang Province, China.
Jian-Chao NiDepartment of Geriatrics, Affiliated Hospital of Shaoxing University, Shaoxing 312000, Zhejiang Province, China.
Yin WangDepartment of Internal Medicine, Yuecheng People's Hospital, Shaoxing 312000, Zhejiang Province, China.
Jian-Hong YuDepartment of Geriatrics, Affiliated Hospital of Shaoxing University, Shaoxing 312000, Zhejiang Province, China.
Ling-Ling FuDepartment of Respiratory Medicine, Zhuji Affiliated Hospital of Shaoxing University, Zhuji 311800, Zhejiang Province, China. fu198609262021@sina.com.
Shaoxing University · CNShaoxing People's Hospital · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundFactors that are associated with the short-term rehospitalization have been investigated previously in numerous studies. However, the majority of these studies have not produced any conclusive results because of their smaller sample sizes, differences in the definition of pneumonia, joint pooling of the in-hospital and post-discharge deaths and lower generalizability.

aimTo estimate the effect of various risk factors on the rate of hospital readmissions in patients with pneumonia.

methodsSystematic search was conducted in PubMed Central, EMBASE, MEDLINE, Cochrane library, ScienceDirect and Google Scholar databases and search engines from inception until July 2021. We used the Newcastle Ottawa (NO) scale to assess the quality of published studies. A meta-analysis was carried out with random-effects model and reported pooled odds ratio (OR) with 95% confidence interval (CI).

resultsIn total, 17 studies with over 3 million participants were included. Majority of the studies had good to satisfactory quality as

conclusionMale gender and specific chronic comorbid conditions were found to be significant risk factors for hospital readmission among pneumonia patients. These results may allow clinicians and policymakers to develop better intervention strategies for the patients.

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Hospital readmissionMeta-analysisPneumoniaPredictionSystematic review

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