Medscape February 10, 2025
Four variables easily accessible at hospital discharge could predict the risk for rehospitalization at 90 days among patients with ulcerative colitis (UC), a preliminary modeling study suggests.
“Absence of a gastroenterologist consultation within the year prior to admission, male sex, shorter length of hospital stay, and narcotic prescription at the time of discharge were independently associated with the risk for 90-day rehospitalization for a UC-related indication,” study author Sanjay Murthy, MD, associate professor of gastroenterology at the University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, and staff gastroenterologist at the Inflammatory Bowel Disease Centre at The Ottawa Hospital, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, told Medscape Medical News.
“While some hospital readmissions are likely unavoidable, a subset of them, particularly readmissions that occur soon after...
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