Critical care medicine
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Critical care medicine · Dec 2013
Observational StudyPredictors of 30-Day Readmission After Intracerebral Hemorrhage: A Single-Center Approach for Identifying Potentially Modifiable Associations With Readmission.
To determine whether patient's demographics or severity of illness predict hospital readmission within 30 days following spontaneous intracerebral hemorrhage, to identify readmission associations that may be modifiable at the single-center level, and to determine the impact of readmission on outcomes. ⋯ Severity of illness and hospital complications were not associated with 30-day readmission. The most common indication for readmission was infection after discharge, and readmission was associated with worse functional outcomes at 3 months. Preventing readmission after intracerebral hemorrhage may depend primarily on optimizing care after discharge and may improve functional outcomes at 3 months.