Same-Day Discharge and Risks of Mortality and Readmission After Elective ICD Placement for Primary Prevention

Same-Day Discharge and Risks of Mortality and Readmission After Elective ICD Placement for Primary Prevention

[...]patients who undergo ICD placement late in the day followed by discharge the next morning may receive a comparable level of care. Similar to same-day discharge after percutaneous coronary intervention, same-day discharge after ICD placement may lead to greater patient satisfaction, increased be...

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Veröffentlicht in:Journal of the American College of Cardiology 2015-03, Vol.65 (9), p.955-957
Hauptverfasser: Hess, Paul L., MD, Greiner, Melissa A., MS, Al-Khatib, Sana M., MD, MHS, Masoudi, Frederick A., MD, MSPH, Varosy, Paul D., MD, Fogel, Richard I., MD, Curtis, Lesley H., PhD, Hernandez, Adrian F., MD, MHS
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Sprache:eng
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Aged
Ambulatory Surgical Procedures - mortality
Cardiology
Cardiovascular
Confidence intervals
Defibrillators, Implantable
Heart failure
Hospitalization
Hospitals
Humans
Internal Medicine
Medicare
Mortality
Patient Discharge
Patient Readmission - statistics & numerical data
Patient satisfaction
Primary Prevention
Questioning
Registries
Thoracic surgery
United States - epidemiology
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Zusammenfassung:[...]patients who undergo ICD placement late in the day followed by discharge the next morning may receive a comparable level of care. Similar to same-day discharge after percutaneous coronary intervention, same-day discharge after ICD placement may lead to greater patient satisfaction, increased bed availability for patients with greater clinical need, and cost savings without adversely affecting readmission rates (3).
ISSN:0735-1097
1558-3597
DOI:10.1016/j.jacc.2014.12.032