Hospital readmissions in children with new-onset Infantile Epileptic Spasms Syndrome.

In the 2-years following IESS diagnosis, there is substantial inpatient resource use with nearly 40% experiencing ≥5 readmissions (mostly epilepsy-related). Since readmissions are increased by intrinsic patient characteristics such as medical complexity (technology use, multi-specialty care) or epilepsy-related issues, the preventability of readmissions is uncertain, except for protocol-driven ones.