ICU Readmission Is a More Complex Metric Than We First Imagined.

The article offers information on a study which aims to describe the modifiable patient and hospital level factors associated with intensive care units (ICU) readmission in patients cared for in pediatric cardiac ICUs using a clinical registry. It mentions that analysis of ICU readmissions should address the endogeneity that in inherent in such a metric where mortality during the index admission is a competing event.