Sepsis Overlooked as Major Readmission Driver Topped all conditions

Sepsis accounted for more unplanned hospital readmissions than any of the four conditions included in a national quality monitoring program, according to a review of 14 million hospitalizations. Of more than 1 million hospitalizations associated with unplanned readmission, 12.2% of the readmissions involved sepsis. Among the four conditions included in the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) monitoring program, heart failure accounted for the most readmissions (6.7%). Unplanned readmissions associated with sepsis also had the longest and most costly hospitalizations, Florian Mayr, MD, of the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, reported here at the Society of Critical Care Medicine meeting. http://www.medpagetoday.com/MeetingCoverage/SCCM/62707?xid=nl_mpt_DHE_2017-01-25&eun=g721819d0r&pos=0