Readmissions After Cardiac Surgical Procedures

University Hospital, Basel, Switzerland4,882 enrolled

Overview

The aim of this study is to analyze the reasons for unplanned readmissions after cardiac surgery at the University Hospital Basel. Predictive factors for readmissions and the development over the last 10 years will be analyzed.

Study Type

OBSERVATIONAL

Enrollment

4,882

Conditions

Cardiac Surgery

Interventions

Data collection on reasons for unplanned readmission to the University Hospital Basel within 30 days of leaving the hospitalOTHER

Descriptive analysis of the reasons for unplanned readmissions after cardiac surgery and predictive factors for unplanned readmissions and validation of risk scores

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 18 Years

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria for readmission group: * Patients who had heart surgery and returned unplanned to the University Hospital Basel within 30 days of leaving the hospital (outpatient or inpatient) Inclusion Criteria for control group: * Patients who had heart surgery and did not return unplanned to the University Hospital Basel within 30 days of leaving the hospital (outpatient or inpatient) Exclusion Criteria: * Patients with other initial hospitalization reasons for heart surgery without heart surgery (conservative treatments, cerclage removal, pacemaker surgery) are not included in the analysis. * Planned readmissions to the University Hospital Basel within 30 days

Locations (1)

University Hospital Basel, Cardiac Surgery Clinic

Basel, Switzerland

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Number of cardiac related readmissions compared to infections, bleedings and neurological causes

Time frame: one time assessment at baseline

Sex specific reasons for readmissions

Differences in sex specific reasons for readmissions

Time frame: one time assessment at baseline

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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