Open AccessIncidence and predictors of readmission to the cardiac surgery intensive care unit: A retrospective cohort study in Greece
Author(s) -
Konstantinos Giakoumidakis,
Rokeia Eltheni,
Athina Patelarou,
Vasileios Patris,
Manoj Kuduvalli,
Hero Brokalaki
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
annals of thoracic medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.639
H-Index - 33
eISSN - 1817-1737
pISSN - 1998-3557
DOI - 10.4103/1817-1737.124412
Subject(s) - medicine , intensive care unit , retrospective cohort study , incidence (geometry) , cardiac surgery , odds ratio , emergency medicine , confidence interval , cohort , euroscore , physics , optics
Readmission in the intensive care unit (ICU) is a significant morbidity index, which has been related to poor patient outcomes.