Open AccessIntensive Care Unit Readmission After Left Ventricular Assist Device Implantation
Author(s) -
John C.K. Hui,
William J. Mauermann,
John M. Stulak,
Andrew C. Hanson,
Simon Maltais,
David W. Barbara
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
anesthesia and analgesia/anesthesia and analgesia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.404
H-Index - 201
eISSN - 1526-7598
pISSN - 0003-2999
DOI - 10.1213/ane.0000000000003847
Subject(s) - medicine , intensive care unit , hazard ratio , odds ratio , dialysis , atrial fibrillation , ventricular assist device , confidence interval , retrospective cohort study , surgery , cardiology , emergency medicine , heart failure
Previous studies on readmissions after left ventricular assist device (LVAD) implantation have focused on hospital readmissions after dismissal from the index hospitalization. Because few data exist, the purpose of this study was to examine intensive care unit (ICU) readmissions in patients during their initial hospitalization for LVAD implantation to determine reasons for, factors associated with, and incidence of mortality after ICU readmission.