Association of Hospital Length of Stay and Complications With Readmission After Open Pancreaticoduodenectomy

Jerry Jiang; Alex Upfill-Brown; Amanda M Dann; Stephanie S Kim; Mark D Girgis; Jonathan C King; Timothy R Donahue

doi:10.1001/jamasurg.2018.3213

Association of Hospital Length of Stay and Complications With Readmission After Open Pancreaticoduodenectomy

JAMA Surg. 2019 Jan 1;154(1):88-90. doi: 10.1001/jamasurg.2018.3213.

Authors

Jerry Jiang¹, Alex Upfill-Brown², Amanda M Dann², Stephanie S Kim², Mark D Girgis², Jonathan C King², Timothy R Donahue^{2

3}

Affiliations

¹ Medical student, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA (University of California, Los Angeles), Los Angeles.
² Department of Surgery, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles.
³ Department of Molecular and Medical Pharmacology, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles.

Abstract

This study uses data from the American College of Surgeons National Quality Improvement Program databases to evaluate associations between hospital length of stay and postoperative complications with hospital readmission among patients who underwent open pancreaticoduodenectomy.

MeSH terms

Aged
California / epidemiology
Female
Humans
Length of Stay / statistics & numerical data
Male
Middle Aged
Pancreaticoduodenectomy / adverse effects*
Pancreaticoduodenectomy / methods
Patient Readmission / statistics & numerical data
Postoperative Complications / etiology