Table 3.
No Readmission (n = 207) | Readmission (n = 50) | P | |
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Any complication, n (column %) | 122 (58.9) | 37 (74.0) | 0.049 |
Pancreatic fistula, n (column %) | 30 (14.5) | 10 (20.0) | 0.335 |
Delayed gastric emptying, n (column %) | 57 (27.5) | 17 (34.0) | 0.365 |
Surgical site infection, n (column %) | 16 (7.7) | 7 (14.0) | 0.163 |
Other complicationa, n (column %) | 55 (26.6) | 19 (38.0) | 0.119 |
Disposition | |||
Home, n (row %) | 175 (83.3) | 35 (16.7) | 0.018 |
Home health care services, n (row %) | 15 (65.2) | 8 (34.8) | |
Nursing/rehabilitation facilityx, n (row %) | 12 (63.2) | 7 (36.8) | |
Index Hospitalization LOSa, mean (median, range) | 14.4 (11.0, 6–116) | 18.0 (11.0, 7–92) | 0.066 |
Cumulative LOS, mean (median, range) | 15.9 (11.0, 6–122) | 30.3 (26.0, 8–153) | <0.001 |
Other: urinary tract infection (UTI), abscess, haemorrhage, pneumonia, myocardial infarction (MI), respiratory distress, dysrhythmia, death, colitis, bile leak, chyle leak, cerebral vascular accident, deep vein thrombosis, portal vein thrombus, pulmonary embolus, pseudoaneurysm without haemorrhage, biliary obstruction, bowel necrosis, decubitus ulcer, sepsis from indeterminate source and a complication from an unrelated procedure.