1. Causes of hospital readmission after heart surgery
- Author
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Bárbara Rodrigues Nunes Barreiros, Estela Regina Ferraz Bianchi, Ruth Natalia Teresa Turrini, and Vanessa de Brito Poveda
- Subjects
Enfermagem Perioperatória ,Readmissão do Paciente ,Infecção da Ferida Operatória ,Procedimentos Cirúrgicos Cardiovasculares ,Nursing ,RT1-120 - Abstract
The objective was to identify readmission’s profile and causes of heart surgery patients. A retrospective, descriptive study, through the revision of records from patients submitted to myocardial revascularization surgery or valvar prosthesis implantation with posterior readmission. Sixty-two patients composed the sample. The readmission rate was 5.9%. Surgical site infection was the main cause for readmission in 87.5% of patients submitted to myocardial revascularization surgery and in 12.5% of valvar implantation (p
- Published
- 2016
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