Readmissions After Cardiac Surgical Procedures

University Hospital Basel

Status: Completed

Conditions: Cardiac Surgery

Treatments: Other: Data collection on reasons for unplanned readmission to the University Hospital Basel within 30 days of leaving the hospital

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05225246

2020-02023 kt22Reuthebuch;

Details and patient eligibility

About

The aim of this study is to analyze the reasons for unplanned readmissions after cardiac surgery at the University Hospital Basel. Predictive factors for readmissions and the development over the last 10 years will be analyzed.

Enrollment: 4,882 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion and exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria for readmission group:

• Patients who had heart surgery and returned unplanned to the University Hospital Basel within 30 days of leaving the hospital (outpatient or inpatient)

Inclusion Criteria for control group:

• Patients who had heart surgery and did not return unplanned to the University Hospital Basel within 30 days of leaving the hospital (outpatient or inpatient)

Exclusion Criteria:

• Patients with other initial hospitalization reasons for heart surgery without heart surgery (conservative treatments, cerclage removal, pacemaker surgery) are not included in the analysis.
• Planned readmissions to the University Hospital Basel within 30 days

Trial design

4,882 participants in 2 patient groups

Readmission group

Description:

Patients who had heart surgery and returned unplanned to the University Hospital Basel within 30 days of leaving the hospital (outpatient or inpatient)

Treatment:

Other: Data collection on reasons for unplanned readmission to the University Hospital Basel within 30 days of leaving the hospital

control group

Description:

Patients who had heart surgery and did not return unplanned to the University Hospital Basel within 30 days of leaving the hospital (outpatient or inpatient)

Treatment:

Other: Data collection on reasons for unplanned readmission to the University Hospital Basel within 30 days of leaving the hospital