Table 5.

Most frequent reasons for readmissions

Reasons for readmission	Patients readmitted (number)	Percent of total
Hip arthroplasty	155	11.4
Malfunction, reaction, and complications of orthopaedic device or procedure	95	7.0
Other anemia and disorders of blood and blood-forming organs	92	6.8
Postoperative, posttraumatic, other device infections	81	6.0
Septicemia and disseminated infections	81	6.0
Kidney and urinary tract infections	58	4.3
Peripheral and other vascular disorders	56	4.1
Heart failure	55	4.1
Other pneumonia	53	3.9
Other complications of treatment	52	3.8
Hip and femur procedures for nontrauma except joint arthroplasty	42	3.1
Major respiratory infections and inflammations	41	3.0
Renal failure	36	2.7
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease	32	2.4
Pulmonary embolism	32	2.4
Major gastrointestinal and peritoneal infections	26	1.9
Syncope and collapse	23	1.7
Other musculoskeletal system and connective tissue diagnoses	22	1.6
Other and unspecified gastrointestinal hemorrhage	21	1.5
Postoperative, posttrauma, other device infections with operating room procedure	21	1.5
Total of patients readmitted	1356