Unplanned PICU Readmission in a Middle-Income Country: Who Is at Risk and What Is the Outcome?*

Objectives: To study the rate of unplanned PICU readmission, determine the risk factors and its impact on mortality. Design: A single-center retrospective cross-sectional study. Setting: Tertiary referral PICU in Johor, Malaysia. Patients: All children admitted to the PICU over 8 years were included. Patients readmitted into PICU after the first PICU discharge during the hospitalization period were categorized into “early” (within 48 hr) and...