Table 4.

Independent predictors of 30-day hospital readmission in patients with sickle cell crisis.

	Frequency of occurrence	Odds Ratio (95%CI)	P value
Baseline characteristics
Age (each 10 years)	---	0.8 (0.8–0.9)	<0.001
Opioid treatment before admission	72.4%	2.7 (2.5–3.0)	<0.001
Hydroxyurea treatment before admission	28.7%	1.3 (1.2–1.4)	<0.001
Steroid therapy before admission	5.8%	1.3 (1.1–1.4)	<0.001
Chronic cardiopulmonary disease	25.5%	1.1 (1.02–1.2)	0.014
Chronic renal disease	4.5%	1.4 (1.1–1.6)	0.002
Chronic liver disease	2.9%	1.2 (1.01–1.5)	0.048
Acute comorbidities
Sepsis	5.2%	1.4 (1.3–1.6)	<0.001
Hospital course
LOS			<0.001
1–3 days	36.4%	1.0
4+ days hospital duration	63.6%	1.2 (1.2–1.3)