Rehospitalization Following Pediatric Heart Transplantation: Incidence, Indications, and Risk Factors.
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SUBMITTER: Lambert AN
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7176534 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Mar
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Rehospitalization Following Pediatric Heart Transplantation: Incidence, Indications, and Risk Factors.
Lambert A Nicole AN Weiner Jeffrey G JG Hall Matt M Thurm Cary C Dodd Debra A DA Bearl David W DW Soslow Jonathan H JH Feingold Brian B Smith Andrew H AH Godown Justin J
Pediatric cardiology 20200226 3
Rehospitalization following pediatric heart transplantation is common. However, existing data remain somewhat limited. Using a novel linkage between administrative and clinical databases, pediatric heart transplant (HT) recipients from 29 centers who survived to discharge were retrospectively reviewed to determine the frequency, timing of, and indication for all-cause rehospitalizations in the year following transplant discharge. Of 2870 pediatric HT recipients, 1835 (63.9%) were rehospitalized ...[more]
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