Table 1.
Patient and HT admission characteristics
| Total | Not rehospitalized | Rehospitalized | p valuea | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| n = 2870 | n = 1035 (36.1) | n = 1835 (63.9) | ||
| Age (years) | 4 (0–12) | 6 (0–13) | 3 (0–12) | < 0.001 |
| Blood type | 0.190 | |||
| O | 1294 (45.1) | 479 (46.3) | 815 (44.4) | |
| A | 1086 (37.8) | 399 (38.6) | 687 (37.4) | |
| B | 373 (13.0) | 116 (11.2) | 257 (14.0) | |
| AB | 117 (4.1) | 41 (4.0) | 76 (4.1) | |
| Diagnosis | < 0.001 | |||
| Cardiomyopathy | 1,376 (48.5) | 571 (55.7) | 805 (44.5) | |
| Congenital heart disease | 1,303 (46.0) | 399 (38.9) | 904 (50.0) | |
| Retransplant | 157 (5.5) | 55 (5.4) | 102 (5.6) | |
| Male gender | 1555 (54.2) | 544 (52.6) | 1,011 (55.1) | 0.191 |
| Race | 0.111 | |||
| Caucasian | 1680 (58.5) | 582 (56.2) | 1,098 (59.8) | |
| African American | 536(18.7) | 211 (20.4) | 325 (17.7) | |
| Asian | 92 (3.2) | 40 (3.9) | 52 (2.8) | |
| Hispanic | 488 (17.0) | 171 (16.5) | 317 (17.3) | |
| Other | 74 (2.6) | 31 (3.0) | 43 (2.3) | |
| Median household income (US dollars) | 40,422 (31,883–53,387) | 40,632 (31,674–53,361) | 40,230 (31,968–53,387) | 0.947 |
| Insurance status | 0.009 | |||
| Private | 1072 (38.6) | 391 (38.6) | 681 (38.7) | |
| Government | 1283 (46.2) | 443 (43.7) | 840 (47.7) | |
| Other payor | 436 (15.1) | 180 (17.8) | 240 (13.6) | |
| Listing status | 0.036 | |||
| 1A | 2374 (82.7) | 880 (85.0) | 1,494 (81.4) | |
| 1B | 310(10.8) | 101 (9.8) | 209 (11.4) | |
| 2 | 186 (6.5) | 54 (5.2) | 132 (7.2) | |
| ECMO at HT | 124 (4.3) | 50 (4.8) | 74 (4.0) | 0.313 |
| Inotrope at HT | 1439 (50.1) | 527 (50.9) | 912 (49.7) | 0.531 |
| Mechanical ventilation at HT | 454 (15.8) | 151 (14.6) | 303 (16.5) | 0.175 |
| VAD at HT | 493 (17.2) | 202 (19.5) | 291 (15.9) | 0.013 |
| Post-transplant length of stay (days) | 18 (12–32) | 15 (10–24) | 20 (13–35) | < 0.001 |
| Post-transplant complications | ||||
| Cardiac reoperation | 138 (6.2) | 55 (6.8) | 83 (5.9) | 0.403 |
| Chest tube > 2 weeks | 137 (7.2) | 31 (4.5) | 106 (8.7) | 0.001 |
| Chylothorax | 140 (4.9) | 33 (3.2) | 107 (5.8) | 0.002 |
| Dialysis | 93 (3.3) | 22 (2.1) | 71 (3.9) | 0.011 |
| Other operations | 284 (12.8) | 85 (10.5) | 199 (14.2) | 0.014 |
| Pacemaker | 19 (0.7) | 5 (0.5) | 14 (0.8) | 0.373 |
| Rejection | 340 (13.2) | 79 (8.6) | 261 (15.7) | < 0.001 |
| Stroke | 68 (2.4) | 19 (1.8) | 49 (2.7) | 0.154 |
| Weekend discharge from transplant admission | 261 (9.1) | 91 (8.8) | 170 (9.3) | 0.662 |
HT heart transplant, US United States, ECMO extracorporeal membrane oxygenation, VAD ventricular assist device Data presented as n (%) for categorical and median (IQR) for continuous variables
a
p values from Chi-squared test for categorical and Wilcoxon rank-sum test for continuous variables