Report Summarizes Bariatric Surgery Study Findings from Cleveland Clinic Foundation (Thirty-day Readmission After Bariatric Surgery: Causes, Effects On Outcomes, and Predictors)

2021 JUL 22 (NewsRx) -- By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Insurance Daily News -- A new study on Surgery - Bariatric Surgery is now available. According to news reporting out of Cleveland, Ohio, by NewsRx editors, research stated, “Bariatric surgery (BSx) is one of the most common surgical procedures in North America. Readmissions may be associated with a high burden to the healthcare system.”

Our news journalists obtained a quote from the research from Cleveland Clinic Foundation, “Retrospective study of the 2016 National Readmission Database of adult patients readmitted within 30 days after an index admission for BSx. Outcomes were: 30-day readmission rate, mortality, healthcare-related utilization resources, and independent predictors of readmission. Comparison groups were index admission, readmitted, and non-readmitted patients. A total of 161,141 patients underwent BSx. The 30-day readmission rate was 3.3%. Main causes for readmission were dehydration, acute kidney injury, venous thromboembolism events, and sepsis. Readmitted patients were more likely to develop shock (0.5% vs. 0.1%; P< 0.01) with no differences in mechanical ventilation (1.9% vs. 2.0%; P = 0.83) during index admission compared to non-readmitted patients. Readmission was associated with higher in-hospital mortality rate (1.5% vs. 0.1%; P< 0.01) and prolonged length of stay (4.6 vs. 2.4 days; P< 0.01). The total in-hospital economic burden of readmission was $234 million in total charges and $58.7 million in total costs. Independent predictors of readmission were: Charlson comorbidity index of >= 3, longer length of stay, admission to larger bed size hospitals, discharge to nursing home, and acute kidney injury. Medicaid, private insurance, BMI of 30-39 kg/m(2), and 40-44 kg/m(2) were associated with lower odds for readmission. Readmissions after BSx are associated with higher in-hospital mortality rate and pose a high healthcare burden.”

According to the news editors, the research concluded: “We identified risk factors that can be targeted to decrease readmissions after BSx, healthcare burden, and patient morbidity and mortality.”

This research has been peer-reviewed.

For more information on this research see: Thirty-day Readmission After Bariatric Surgery: Causes, Effects On Outcomes, and Predictors. Digestive Diseases and Sciences, 2021. Digestive Diseases and Sciences can be contacted at: Springer, Van Godewijckstraat 30, 3311 Gz Dordrecht, Netherlands. (Springer - www.springer.com; Digestive Diseases and Sciences - http://www.springerlink.com/content/0163-2116/)

Our news journalists report that additional information may be obtained by contacting C. Roberto Simons-Linares, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Digest Dis & Surg Inst, Gastroenterol Hepatol & Nutr Dept, 9500 Euclid Ave, Cleveland, OH 44195, United States. Additional authors for this research include Pedro Palacios Argueta, Miguel Salazar, John J. Vargo, Prabhleen Chahal, John J. Rodriguez and Christopher C. Thompson.

The direct object identifier (DOI) for that additional information is: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10620-021-06934-2. This DOI is a link to an online electronic document that is either free or for purchase, and can be your direct source for a journal article and its citation.

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