Readmissions After Cardiac Surgical Procedures

Completed

• Conditions: Cardiac Surgery
• Interventions: Other: Data collection on reasons for unplanned readmission to the University Hospital Basel within 30 days of leaving the hospital

• Registration Number: NCT05225246
• Lead Sponsor: University Hospital, Basel, Switzerland

Brief Summary

The aim of this study is to analyze the reasons for unplanned readmissions after cardiac surgery at the University Hospital Basel. Predictive factors for readmissions and the development over the last 10 years will be analyzed.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2020-09-01
• Primary Completion: 2021-12-31
• Study Completion: 2021-12-31
• Status Verified: 2022-01
• Study First Submitted: 2022-01-25
• Study First Submitted QC: 2022-01-25
• Last Update Submitted: 2022-01-25
• Study First Posted: 2022-02-04
• Last Update Posted: 2022-02-04

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 4882

Inclusion Criteria

Not provided

Exclusion Criteria

• Patients with other initial hospitalization reasons for heart surgery without heart surgery (conservative treatments, cerclage removal, pacemaker surgery) are not included in the analysis.
• Planned readmissions to the University Hospital Basel within 30 days

Study & Design

• Study Type: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Design: Not specified

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Readmission group	Data collection on reasons for unplanned readmission to the University Hospital Basel within 30 days of leaving the hospital	Patients who had heart surgery and returned unplanned to the University Hospital Basel within 30 days of leaving the hospital (outpatient or inpatient)
control group	Data collection on reasons for unplanned readmission to the University Hospital Basel within 30 days of leaving the hospital	Patients who had heart surgery and did not return unplanned to the University Hospital Basel within 30 days of leaving the hospital (outpatient or inpatient)

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Number of cardiac related readmissions compared to infections, bleedings and neurological causes	one time assessment at baseline	Number of cardiac related readmissions compared to infections, bleedings and neurological causes
Sex specific reasons for readmissions	one time assessment at baseline	Differences in sex specific reasons for readmissions

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

University Hospital Basel, Cardiac Surgery Clinic; 🇨🇭 Basel, Switzerland