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Table 5 Outcome of 5-day and 3-day unplanned readmissions to ICU

From: The Rothman Index predicts unplanned readmissions to intensive care associated with increased mortality and hospital length of stay: a propensity-matched cohort study

  

5-Day Returns to ICU

 

3-Day Returns to ICU

 

No ICU Return

ICU Return

P Value

 

No ICU Return

ICU Return

P-Value

Mortality Rate (%)

 

2.4%

19.8%

< 0.0001

 

3.1%

15.3%

0.0006

Hospice Rate (%)

 

7.8%

13.8%

0.0777

 

4.6%

13.0%

0.0163

30-Day Readmission Rate (%)

 

14.0%

22.5%

0.074

 

19.0%

24.5%

0.3329

Length of Stay (Days)

        

Mean (SD)

 

11.8 (12.6)

21.5 (19.9)

  

11.1 (13.1)

21.7 (21.5)

 

Median

 

8.4

15.4

< 0.0001

 

7.9

14.5

< 0.0001

ICU Length of Stay (Days)

        

Mean (SD)

 

4.4 (5.3)

11.9 (16.2)

  

4.1 (8.9)

12.9 (19.3)

 

Median

 

2.8

7.9

< 0.0001

 

2.1

7.6

< 0.0001

  1. Abbreviations ICU, intensive care unit; SD, standard deviation
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