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. 2012 Sep 24;15(2):142–148. doi: 10.1111/j.1477-2574.2012.00563.x

Table 3.

Factors associated with 30-day readmission

No Readmission (n = 207) Readmission (n = 50) P
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
a

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.