Impact of telemonitoring on readmissions in pacientes with COPD after hospital discharge

Autor: Irene Nieto Codesido, Susana Fernandez-Nocelo, Julio Garcia-Comesaña, Carmen Montero-Martínez, Alberto Fernández-Villar, Carlos Zamarrón Sanz, Angelica Consuegra-Vanegas, Cristina Ramos-Hernández, Isabel Otero-González, Marina Blanco-Aparicio, Cristina Represas Represas, Ana Souto-Alonso, Blanca Cimadevila-Alvarez, Pedro J. Marcos Rodríguez, Alejandro Maiso
Rok vydání: 2016
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Zdroj: 5.2 Monitoring Airway Disease.
Popis: Introduction: There is limited data regarding the impact of telemonitoring over the outcomes in COPD patients after hospital discharge. Methods: Prospective, cohort study in a tertiary hospital between 7/1/2013- 1/8/2015.Inclusion:1)age > 40 ,2)smoker/former,3)FEV1/FVC Main outcome :% of patients readmitted at 30-day. Secondary outcomes :% patients readmitted at 90-day and time to readmission at 90-day. X 2 for categoric variables comparison among groups.Kaplan-Meier curves and log-rank for comparing time to readmission.Logistic regression and Cox proportional hazard ratio for multivariate analysis. Results: 181 were analysed (TMON=61 [33.7%]).Less patients from TMON were readmitted at 30-days:4(6.6%) vs.29(24.2%);OR=0.22 (IQR: 0.07-0.66;p=0.007).TMON patients had less % of readmission at 90-days (18% vs. 43.3%; p
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