• Ann Emerg Med · Sep 2010

    Postdischarge adverse events for 1-day hospital admissions in older adults admitted from the emergency department.

    • Jesse M Pines, Jillian Mongelluzzo, Joshua A Hilton, Judd E Hollander, Frances S Shofer, Jeremy Souder, Marie Synnestvedt, Mark G Weiner, and Elizabeth M Datner.
    • School of Public Health and Health Services, Department of Emergency Medicine, George Washington University, 2121 K Street NW, Washington, DC 20037, USA. jesse.pines@gmail.com
    • Ann Emerg Med. 2010 Sep 1;56(3):253-7.

    Study ObjectiveWe assess hospital readmission and death within 60 days in older adults admitted from the emergency department (ED) and discharged by an inpatient service within 24 hours.MethodsThis was a retrospective review of ED patients aged 64 years or older, admitted from 2 hospitals (2004 to 2006), who were discharged home within 24 hours. Excluded were in-hospital deaths, observation admissions, transfers to other facilities, patients who left against medical advice, and hospice patients. Outcomes were 72-hour and 30-day readmissions and postdischarge deaths that occurred within 60 days of ED admission. Logistic regression was used to assess for predictors of readmission. A chart review of deaths after discharge was performed to assess for potential contributors to adverse outcomes.ResultsA total of 1,470 admissions met inclusion criteria as 1-day admissions. Of those, 22 (1.5%) patients returned for hospital readmission within 72 hours and 156 (10.6%) within 30 days of discharge. In the multivariable analysis, previous admissions (odds ratio [OR] 1.3; 95% confidence interval [CI] 1.1 to 1.4) and an admission diagnosis of heart failure (OR 2.2; 95% CI 1.0 to 5.0) were associated with 30-day readmission. In 841 individual patients with greater than or equal to one 1-day admission, there were 15 deaths (1.8%) within 60 days. Of those, 11 (73%) patients had abnormal ED ECG results, 6 (40%) were ruled out for acute myocardial infarction while hospitalized, and 3 (20%) had definitive follow-up arranged at discharge.ConclusionOne-day admissions in hospitalized older adults through the ED do not represent a group at low risk for postdischarge adverse outcomes.Copyright (c) 2009. Published by Mosby, Inc.

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