The Impact of Ischaemic Stroke Subtype on 30-day Hospital Readmissions
Table 2
Causes of unplanned readmissions within 30 days after IS or TIA by stroke subtype.
Cause of readmission
All Stroke n=1874
LAA n=244
CE n=605
SVO n=205
SOE n=32
SUE n=788
P
Any cause
200 (10.7)
42 (17.2)
75 (12.4)
12 (5.9)
6 (18.8)
65 (8.3)
<0.001
Recurrent stroke
34 (1.8)
11 (4.5)
8 (1.3)
1 (0.5)
3 (9.4)
11 (1.4)
<0.001
IS
26 (1.4)
6 (2.5)
7 (1.2)
1 (0.5)
3 (9.4)
9 (1.1)
0.001
TIA
4 (0.2)
4 (1.6)
0
0
0
0
<0.001
ICH
4 (0.2)
1 (0.4)
1 (0.2)
0
0
2 (0.3)
0.898
Stroke-related event
51 (2.7)
16 (6.6)
11 (1.8)
4 (2.0)
3 (9.4)
17 (2.2)
<0.001
Seizures
5 (0.3)
0
3 (0.5)
0
0
2 (0.3)
0.647
Infections
37 (2.0)
7 (2.9)
13 (2.2)
4 (2.0)
0
13 (1.7)
0.703
Pneumonia
19 (1.0)
3 (1.2)
6 (1.0)
3 (1.5)
0
7 (0.9)
0.913
UTI
9 (0.5)
1 (0.4)
4 (0.7)
0
0
4 (0.5)
0.810
Sepsis
5 (0.3)
2 (0.8)
1 (0.2)
1 (0.5)
0
1 (0.1)
0.395
Other
4 (0.2)
1 (0.4)
2 (0.3)
0
0
1 (0.1)
0.806
Cardiac disease
26 (1.4)
1 (0.4)
17 (2.8)
0
0
8 (1.0)
0.005
MI
6 (0.3)
0
1 (0.2)
0
0
5 (0.6)
0.350
Arrhythmias
5 (0.3)
1 (0.4)
4 (0.7)
0
0
0
0.167
Other
16 (0.9)
0
13 (2.2)
0
0
3 (0.4)
0.001
Fractures
7 (0.4)
0
5 (0.8)
0
0
2 (0.3)
0.244
VT
3 (0.2)
1 (0.4)
1 (0.2)
0
0
1 (0.1)
0.846
GI bleeding
4 (0.2)
0
2 (0.3)
1 (0.5)
0
1 (0.1)
0.739
Other causes
49 (2.6)
13 (5.3)
20 (3.3)
3 (1.5)
0
13 (1.7)
0.011
IS: ischaemic stroke, TIA: transient ischaemic attack, LAA: large artery atherosclerosis, CE: cardioembolism, SVO: small vessel occlusion, SOE: stroke of other determined aetiology, SUE: stroke of undetermined aetiology, ICH: intracerebral haemorrhage, UTI: urinary tract infection, MI: myocardial infarction, VT: venous thromboembolism, GI: gastrointestinal. Data are presented as n (%). Only the first readmission within each category is counted.
