Length Of Stay

The 30‐day cost burden of transcatheter edge-to-edge mitral valve repair has declined since 2014 due to a shorter index length of stay; however, CV readmissions and readmission costs have remained steady, researchers reported.

An AKI-Standardized Clinical Assessment and Management Plan correlated with reduced ICU length of stay when tested in a 12-month period, according to data published in the Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology.

Drains left in for longer periods or until there was less output after lumbar decompression and/or fusion did not significantly impact postoperative outcomes but led to longer lengths of hospital stay, according to results presented here.

Prolonged rest for more than 24 hours after incidental durotomy led to increased length of hospital stay and increased medical and wound complications compared with immediate mobilization, according to results presented here.

Han Jo Kim, MD, FAAOS, is a spine surgeon specializing in cervical spine and scoliosis surgery at Hospital for Special Surgery in New York.

In a large single-center study, patients with COVID-19 infection history who had elective TJR during the pandemic did not differ from patients without COVID-19 history for mean length of hospital stay or in-hospital complication rate.

Several factors, including pediatric ICU admission and multispecialty care, increased length of stay and costs at pediatric neurology hospitals, according to results of a retrospective review published in Journal of Child Neurology.

Cannabis abuse among spine surgery patients was associated with complications, such as thromboembolism and sepsis, and may increase length of stay, hospital charges and unfavorable discharges, according to published results.

Rates of prolonged length of stay for pediatric mental health ED visits significantly increased between 2005 and 2015 compared with non-mental health-related ED visits, according to study results published in Pediatrics.

Elective lumbar laminectomy performed later in the week was associated with higher costs and prolonged length of stay, according to published results.