A study of 11,003 patients with hypertrophic pyloric stenosis and the association between surgeon and hospital volume and outcomes

Journal of Pediatric Surgery

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 967-973

  Safford, Shawn D ^a   Pietrobon, Ricardo ^a   Safford, Kristine M ^a   Martins, Henrique ^a   Skinner, Michael A ^a   Rice, Henry E ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Hypertrophic pyloric stenosis; Mucosal perforation; Pyloromyotomy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD CARE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; HYPERTROPHIC PYLORUS STENOSIS; INFANT; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; NEWBORN; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT SELECTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYLOROMYOTOMY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURGEON; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DATABASES; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM SURGICAL PROCEDURES; FEMALE; GASTRIC MUCOSA; HOSPITAL COSTS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTESTINAL MUCOSA; INTESTINAL PERFORATION; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; LENGTH OF STAY; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PYLORIC STENOSIS, HYPERTROPHIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 20544470104     PISSN: 00223468     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2005.03.011     Document Type: Article

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