Patient selection: curative gastrectomy for gastric cancer
Risk factors for readmission:
(1) total gastrectomy
(2) major complications following surgery (Grade II or higher using the Clavien-Dindo classification)
(3) cardiovascular comorbidity (coronary artery disease, arrhythmia, etc)
Most common reasons for readmission (>= 5% of 61 patients):
(1) nutritional difficulty (unable to meet nutritional needs because of inadequate intake and/or intolerance of feedings)
(2) intra-abdominal fluid collection
(3) small bowel obstruction
(4) anastomotic leak
(5) Clostridium difficile infection
(6) chest pain
(7) pleural effusion
Other reasons occurring less often:
(1) abdominal pain
(2) fever
(3) gastrointestinal hemorrhage
(4) infection at jejunostomy site
(5) pneumonia
(6) anxiety
(7) cardiac arrhythmia
(8) decubitus ulcer
(9) deep vein thrombosis
(10) abnormal electrolytes
(11) infection of PICC line
(12) sepsis
(13) transient ischemic attach
(14) urinary retention
