The researchers reviewed information on 17,088 patients from the National Surgical Quality Improvement Program database. Of 545 patients (3.2 percent) readmitted within 30 days, they noted that 53.8 percent (n = 293) were readmitted for nonsurgical site-related reasons, with neuropsychiatric (n = 44), cardiovascular (n = 39), and pneumonia (n = 37) being the most common reasons. Overall, 33.8 percent (n = 184) were readmitted for surgical site-related reasons, with surgical site infection (n = 42), hemorrhage/hematoma (n = 42), and dysphagia (n = 32) being the most common reasons. The researchers state that 15.6 percent (n = 84) had undocumented reasons for readmission. In multivariate analysis, only older age and higher American Society of Anesthesiologists class were independently associated with readmissions. Learn more...
