Diagnoses and clinical features associated with high risk for unplanned readmission in vascular surgery. A cohort study.

Background: Readmission rate is an established health quality indicator. Preventable readmissions bear an unnecessary, high cost on the healthcare system. An analysis performed by the National Centre for Health Outcomes Development (NCHOD) has demonstrated an increasing trend in emergency readmissions in the UK.

Lower respiratory tract infection and rapid expansion of an abdominal aortic aneurysm: a case report.

Introduction: The rate of abdominal aortic aneurysm expansion is related to multiple factors. There is some evidence that inflammation can accelerate aneurysm expansion. However, the association between pulmonary sepsis and rapid abdominal aortic aneurysm expansion is rarely reported.