title: Re-admission after gastro-intestinal surgery.
abstract: Re-admission is a new concept in France, born with the advent of day-case surgery, and defined as any re-admission occurring within 30 days after surgery. The re-admission rate has increasingly come to be considered a criterion of the quality of medical care, by both the medical profession and by insurance companies. This report outlines the generalities and definitions related to re-admission after gastro-intestinal surgery, describes the current situation, rationalizes the value of re-admission rates as a measure of quality of care, details the risk factors for re-admission according to the type of intervention, exposes the possible means of prevention and what to do when a patient comes to the emergency room within 30 days after an operation.
authors.affiliation: Service de chirurgie digestive et oncologique, CHU d'Amiens, place Victor-Pauchet, 80000 Amiens, France.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Gauduchon
authors.affiliation: Service de chirurgie digestive et oncologique, CHU d'Amiens, place Victor-Pauchet, 80000 Amiens, France.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Sabbagh
authors.affiliation: Service de chirurgie digestive et oncologique, CHU d'Amiens, place Victor-Pauchet, 80000 Amiens, France; Unité Inserm EA 4294, université de Picardie Jules-Verne, 80000 Amiens, France. Electronic address: regimbeau.jean-marc@chu-amiens.fr.
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Regimbeau
mesh_terms: D000556:Ambulatory Surgical Procedures / Q000592:standards*; D013505:Digestive System Surgical Procedures / Q000592:standards*; D004636:Emergency Service, Hospital; D005602:France; D006801:Humans; D007902:Length of Stay; D010359:Patient Readmission / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D019990:Perioperative Care / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards*; D019984:Quality Indicators, Health Care / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D012307:Risk Factors
keywords: Accreditation; Gastro-intestinal surgery; Prevention of re-admission; Quality of care; Re-admission rate; Risk factors for re-admission