TY - JOUR AU - Chiang, Jui-Kun AU - Fu, Chin-Hua AU - Kuo, Terry BJ AU - Koo, Malcolm PY - 2011 DA - 2011/02/27 TI - Association between Frequency Domain Heart Rate Variability and Unplanned Readmission to Hospital in Geriatric Patients JO - BMC Public Health SP - 137 VL - 11 IS - 1 AB - An accurate prediction of unplanned readmission (UR) after discharge from hospital can facilitate physician's decision making processes for providing better quality of care in geriatric patients. The objective of this study was to explore the association of cardiac autonomic functions as measured by frequency domain heart rate variability (HRV) and 14-day UR in geriatric patients. SN - 1471-2458 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-11-137 DO - 10.1186/1471-2458-11-137 ID - Chiang2011 ER -