So hospitals call patients within 48 hours of discharge to find out how they are feeling.
Recently a friend of mine in Montana survived a ruptured aortic aneurysm and nine hours of surgery -- a kind of miracle -- only to land back in the hospital within 48 hours of discharge with an infection he most likely contracted in the hospital.
The sample was collated from the ICU discharges in 2014 and 2015, identifying those patients who were readmitted within 48 hours of discharge.
Of the remaining 73 individuals, twenty-eight died (38.3 %), and only four of whom were readmitted to the ICU within 48 hours of discharge.
Prospective data was collected from patients within 48 hours of discharge from the critical care unit in patients who received any level 3 critical care or level 2 critical care for greater than 5 days.
Within 48 hours of discharge the nurse visited the patient in their home to assess their progress.
The number of breastfed children at discharge includes the number of fully breastfed children within 24 hours of discharge.
There were significant drops in those rates when asked if the phone call had come within 48 hours of discharge.
Emergency readmissions occurring within 48 hours of discharge from hospital were examined to calculate emergency readmission rates.
The aim was to have the MITF delivered to the patient's community-based practitioners within 48 hours of discharge.
