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Published in final edited form as: Crit Care Med. 2015 Apr;43(4):729–737. doi: 10.1097/CCM.0000000000000693

Table 2.

Hospital-based acute care use in 269 survivors of septic shock.

Outcomes
Hospital Readmissions

30-day hospital readmission (n, %)	63 (23.4)
60-day hospital readmission (n, %)	89 (33.1)
90-day hospital readmission (n, %)	100 (37.2)

ED Visits (Treat – and – Release Encounters)

30-day ED visit (n, %) ^*	14 (5.2)

Hospital-Based Acute Care Post-Discharge

30-day ED visit or readmission (n, %)	75 (27.9)^†

Definition of abbreviation: ED=emergency department.

Categorical variables are reported as a count and percentage.

Of 56 ED encounters within 30 days, 42 (75%) led to an admission. The reasons for the 14 ED encounters not resulting in an admission were: cellulitis or surgical site infection (n=4), complication of a device (n=3), head injury after a fall (n=2), altered mental status (n=1), post-operative pain (n=1), dyspnea (n=1), gastroenteritis (n=1), and pneumonia (n=1).

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One patient returned for a treat-and-release ED visit for altered mental status and subsequently was readmitted, both within 30 days of discharge; one patient was readmitted and subsequently returned for a treat-and-release ED visit for a head injury after a fall, both within 30 days. These 2 instances explain why the sum of the ED visits and 30-day hospital readmissions do not total 75.