TY - BOOK AU - Shaimaa Ramadan Abdelnaby AU - Hanaa Ali Elfeky , AU - Saied Abdelaziz , AU - Warda Youssef Mohamed , TI - Predictors hospitalreadmissions among patients undergoing open heart surgery at Kasr Elaini Hospital-Cairo University / PY - 2012/// CY - Cairo : PB - Shaimaa Ramadan Abdelnaby , KW - Hospital readmissions KW - Open heart surgery KW - Predictors N1 - Thesis (M.Sc.) - Cairo University - Faculty of Nursing - Department of Surgical Nursing; Issued also as CD N2 - Early hospital readmissions after cardiac procedures are believed to be associated with higher in-hospital mortality and may predict poor outcomes. In addition high rate of readmission following discharge is associated with increased cost of care. Awareness of factors that predict increased risk for hospital readmission after cardiac surgery may improve the ability to reduce early readmission rates among patients undergoing the procedure ER -