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Causes of hospital readmission after heart surgery
- Source :
- Revista Eletrônica de Enfermagem, Vol 18, Iss 0 (2016)
- Publication Year :
- 2016
- Publisher :
- Universidade Federal de Goias, 2016.
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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
Details
- Language :
- English, Spanish; Castilian, Portuguese
- ISSN :
- 15181944
- Volume :
- 18
- Issue :
- 0
- Database :
- Directory of Open Access Journals
- Journal :
- Revista Eletrônica de Enfermagem
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- edsdoj.bbab09a81f6c45fdb2872eccb64fcf52
- Document Type :
- article
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.5216/ree.v18.39529