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Factors Influencing Emergency Department Utilization and Hospital Re-Admissions in a Predominantly Obese, Racially Diverse Urban Renal Transplant Population by Alicia B. Lichvar; Alisha Patel; Dana Pierce; Renee Petzel Gimbar; Ivo Tzvetanov; Enrico Benedetti; Maya Campara is a Medicine article available to read on EtoBox.

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## Introduction: Early emergency department and hospital re-admissions are common in renal transplant recipients, but data are lacking in unique populations. Study Aim: The purpose of this study was to identify patient risk factors for multiple acute care utilization events within the first year of renal transplantation. ## Design: This was a single-center, retrospective cohort study of adult renal transplant recipients between 9/2013-9/2016. Patients were compared across number of emergency department visits and by hospital re-admissions. Diagnoses were categorized. Univariate and multivariate logistic regression was used to assess risk for multiple acute care utilization events within the first 12 months post-transplant. ## Results: A total of 216 patients were analyzed and were on average 50.5 (SD 13.9) years old, redominantly Black (49.77%) with an average body mass index of 33.33 (9.8) and were recipients of deceased donor renal transplants (61.11%). A total of 105 (48.6%) patients visited the emergency epartment and 119 (55.1%) patients had a hospital readmission. Patients having a body mass index >35 kg/m2 did not differ across emergency department visit or hospitalization g

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Author

Alicia B. Lichvar; Alisha Patel; Dana Pierce; Renee Petzel Gimbar; Ivo Tzvetanov; Enrico Benedetti; Maya Campara

Publisher

SAGE Publications

Published

2020

Language

EN

Field

Medicine (Health Sciences)