Open AccessThirty-day hospital readmissions among mechanically ventilated emergency department patients
Author(s) -
David B. Page,
Anne M. Drewry,
Enyo Ablordeppey,
Nicholas M. Mohr,
Marin H. Kollef,
Brian M. Fuller
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
emergency medicine journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.708
H-Index - 81
eISSN - 1472-0213
pISSN - 1472-0205
DOI - 10.1136/emermed-2017-206651
Subject(s) - medicine , mechanical ventilation , emergency department , emergency medicine , logistic regression , retrospective cohort study , intensive care unit , diabetes mellitus , severity of illness , psychiatry , endocrinology
Unplanned 30-day readmissions have a negative impact on patients and healthcare systems. Mechanically ventilated ED patients are at high risk for complications, but factors associated with readmission are unknown.