TABLE 3.

Perioperative Variables Associated With 30-Day Readmissions in Emergency General Surgery Patients

		Readmission Rate, %
	n	Factor Absent	Factor Present	p
Ventilator dependence	43	14.4	25.6	0.049
Congestive heart failure*	15	15.6	0.0	0.097
Hypertension	261	12.4	19.2	0.020
Open wound	58	14.1	25.9	0.018
Steroid	52	14.0	28.8	0.004
Weight loss*	25	14.5	32.0	0.017
Bleeding disorder	81	13.8	24.7	0.011
Sepsis	344	12.5	17.4	0.084
BMI > 30	202	12.6	20.8	0.027
ASA class ≥ 3	291	8.1	23.4	<0.001
LOS > 12	156	11.5	26.3	<0.001

^*Note that congestive heart failure and weight loss had less than 10 patients in the high-risk group.

Insignificant independent variables were diabetes, smoker, dyspnea, COPD, ascites, acute renal failure, dialysis, disseminated cancer, transfusion, SIRS, age of 65 years or older at operation, sex, wound class, race.

COPD, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.