Understanding unplanned readmissions for children undergoing surgery in a single pediatric general surgical department

Table 4 Multivariable analyses of the factors with unplanned readmission

Scheduled	p values	OR	95% CI
Emergency surgery	0.016	2.73	1.35–6.19
Major complications	0.042	2.43	1.12–4.71
The initial hospital length of stay	0.036	3.46	1.67–7.53

The variables in the multivariable analyses included operative time, operative blood loss, emergency surgery, initial surgery-related risk level, surgeons level, contaminated or dirty wound, major complications, Infectious complications, the initial hospital length of stay. Only significant risk factors for related or unrelated readmissions are shown (P < .005)

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