Utilization of the emergency department by kidney transplant recipients: a retrospective cohort study from a high-volume transplant center
This study aims to assess the trends of emergency department (ED) visits among kidney transplant recipients in a high-volume transplant centre. This retrospective cohort study targeted patients who underwent renal transplantation at a high-volume transplant centre from 2016 to 2020. The main outcome...
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Veröffentlicht in: | Annals of medicine and surgery 2023-05, Vol.85 (5), p.1496-1501 |
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Zusammenfassung: | This study aims to assess the trends of emergency department (ED) visits among kidney transplant recipients in a high-volume transplant centre.
This retrospective cohort study targeted patients who underwent renal transplantation at a high-volume transplant centre from 2016 to 2020. The main outcomes of the study were ED visits within 30 days, 31-90 days, 91-180 days, and 181-365 days of transplantation.
This study included 348 patients. The median (interquartile range) age of patients was 45.0 years (30.8, 58.2). Over half of the patients were male (57.2%). There was a total of 743 ED visits during the first year after discharge. 19% (
=66) were considered high-frequency users. High-volume ED users tended to be admitted more frequently as compared to those with low frequencies of ED visits (65.2% vs. 31.2%, respectively, |
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ISSN: | 2049-0801 2049-0801 |
DOI: | 10.1097/MS9.0000000000000481 |