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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Dec 1.
Published in final edited form as: Crit Care Med. 2013 Dec;41(12):10.1097/CCM.0b013e318298a10f. doi: 10.1097/CCM.0b013e318298a10f

Table 3.

Categories and numbers of each reason for 30 day readmission.

Readmission Diagnosis Category Number of Patients

Infection 10
  Pneumonia 3
  Urinary Tract Infection
    Catheter-associated 2
    Not catheter-associated 3
  Bacteremia/Sepsis
    Catheter-associated 1
    Not catheter-associated 1

Vascular Event 6
  Ischemic Stroke 2
  Ischemic Coronary Disease 2
  Ruptured Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm 1
  Hypertensive Urgency 1

Metabolic derangement 2

Gastrointestinal Bleed 1

Hydrocephalus 1

Seizure 1

Craniotomy exploration, inflammatory cyst
evacuation, cranioplasty
1