From: “Analysis of readmissions to the emergency department among patients presenting with abdominal pain”
Initial visit | Readmission | p | OR | 95% CI | |||
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No of visits - n (% of all visits) | 928 | 88.38% | 122 | 11.62% | |||
Total time spent on the ED - hours (IQR) | 4 | (2.75–6.04) | 4.68 | (3.48–6.98) | 0.0054 | ||
Not the last visit - n repeated visits (% of visits) | 101 | 10.88% | 21 | 17.21% | 0.0422 | 1.7 | 1.02–2.85 |
Number of additional imaging tests - n (% of visits) | |||||||
0 | 889 | 95.80% | 115 | 94.26% | |||
1 | 39 | 4.20% | 6 | 4.92% | 0.6897 | ||
2 | 0 | 0% | 1 | 0.82% | |||
Admission to hospital ward –n (% of visits) | 230 | 24.78% | 47 | 38.52% | 0.0014 | 1.90 | 1.28–2.82 |
Admission to surgical ward - n (% of visits) | 97 | 10.45% | 29 | 23.77% | < 0.001 | 2.67 | 1.67–4.26 |
Qualification for invasive surgical treatment - n (% of group) | 61 | 6.57% | 18 | 16.83% | 0.0017 | 2.46 | 1.40–4.32 |
Indication | |||||||
Cholelithiasis/gallstones | 11 | 18.03% | 8 | 44.44% | 0.0259 | 3.64 | 1.17–11.32 |
Appendicitis | 20 | 32.79% | 3 | 16.67% | 0.1859 | 0.41 | 0.11–1.58 |
Hernia | 8 | 13.11% | 0 | 0.00% | 0.2314 | 0.17 | 0.01–3.09 |
Acute pancreatitis | 7 | 11.48% | 1 | 5.56% | 0.5740 | 0.53 | 0.06–4.68 |
Obstruction | 4 | 6.56% | 1 | 5.56% | 0.8782 | 0.83 | 0.09–8.01 |
Neoplasm | 3 | 4.92% | 1 | 5.56% | 0.9137 | 1.13 | 0.11–11.65 |
Peptic ulcer | 3 | 4.92% | 0 | 0.00% | 0.6047 | 0.45 | 0.02–9.15 |
Other | 5 | 8.20% | 4 | 22.22% | 0.1132 | 3.20 | 0.76–13.50 |
Conversion - n (% of group) | 2 | 3.28% | 0 | 0.00% | 0.7789 | 0.64 | 0.03–14.01 |
Postoperative complications - n (% of group) | 8 | 13.11% | 2 | 11.10% | 0.8225 | 0.82 | 0.16–4.30 |
Death - n (% of group) | 1 | 1.03% | 0 | 0.00% | 0.9584 | 1.09 | 0.04–27.91 |
Length of hospital stay - days (IQR) | 3 | (2–5) | 4 | (3–6) | 0.0443 |