What intensive care unit readmission means

Joongbum Cho

doi:10.4168/aard.2014.2.2.83

Journal List > Allergy Asthma Respir Dis > v.2(2) > 1059074

Go to TopGo to Top Go to BottomGo to Bottom

TOOLS

Cho: What intensive care unit readmission means

Editorial

Allergy, Asthma & Respiratory Disease 2014; 2(2): 83-84.

Published online: 31 May 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.4168/aard.2014.2.2.83

What intensive care unit readmission means

Joongbum Cho

Departement of Critical Care Medicine, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.

Correspondence to: Joongbum Cho. Departement of Critical Care Medicine, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, 81 Irwon-ro, Gangnam-gu, Seoul 135-710, Korea. Tel: +82-2-3410-6399, Fax: +82-2-3410-0043, joongbum.cho@gmail.com

Received 6 May 2014 Revised 19 May 2014 Accepted 27 May 2014

(open-access):

This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/).

References

1. Chen LM, Martin CM, Keenan SP, Sibbald WJ. Patients readmitted to the intensive care unit during the same hospitalization: clinical features and outcomes. Crit Care Med. 1998; 26:1834–1841.

2. Rosenberg AL, Watts C. Patients readmitted to ICUs*: a systematic review of risk factors and outcomes. Chest. 2000; 118:492–502.

3. Khan MR, Maheshwari PK, Iram S, Haque A, Kayaalp C. Readmission to paediatric intensive care unit: frequency, causes and outcome. J Coll Physicians Surg Pak. 2014; 24:216–217.

4. Chung WJ, Yoon DH, Lee EG, Bang KW, Kim HS, Chun YH, et al. Readmission risk factors for children admitted to pediatric intensive care unit with respiratory tract disease. Allergy Asthma Respir Dis. 2014; 2:128–133.

5. Matsuoka Y, Zaitsu A, Hashizume M. Investigation of the cause of readmission to the intensive care unit for patients with lung edema or atelectasis. Yonsei Med J. 2008; 49:422–428.

6. Odetola FO, Clark SJ, Dechert RE, Shanley TP. Going back for more: an evaluation of clinical outcomes and characteristics of readmissions to a pediatric intensive care unit. Pediatr Crit Care Med. 2007; 8:343–347.

7. Gajic O, Malinchoc M, Comfere TB, Harris MR, Achouiti A, Yilmaz M, et al. The Stability and Workload Index for Transfer score predicts unplanned intensive care unit patient readmission: initial development and validation. Crit Care Med. 2008; 36:676–682.

8. Smith L, Orts CM, O'Neil I, Batchelor AM, Gascoigne AD, Baudouin SV. TISS and mortality after discharge from intensive care. Intensive Care Med. 1999; 25:1061–1065.

9. Chrusch CA, Olafson KP, McMillan PM, Roberts DE, Gray PR. High occupancy increases the risk of early death or readmission after transfer from intensive care. Crit Care Med. 2009; 37:2753–2758.

10. Kramer AA, Higgins TL, Zimmerman JE. The association between ICU readmission rate and patient outcomes. Crit Care Med. 2013; 41:24–33.

TOOLS

Similar articles