Why the study?
What are the predictors of 30-day readmission following spinal surgery?
Population
1,187 consecutive patients undergoing spinal surgery at Northwestern Memorial Hospital in 2010
Design
Cohort
Follow-up
30 days
Authors
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Flags high-risk spinal surgery patients for closer monitoring; hypothesis-generating for targeted interventions in prospective trials.
What are the predictors of 30-day readmission following spinal surgery?
Multiple comorbidities, ICU admission, and multi-level surgery are significant predictors of 30-day readmission after spinal surgery.
Khanna et al. (2015) studied this question.
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