Purpose Individuals with spina bifida are typically followed closely as outpatients by
multidisciplinary teams. However, emergent care of these patients is not well defined. We
describe patterns of emergent care in patients with spina bifida and healthy controls.
Materials and Methods We reviewed Nationwide Emergency Department Sample data from
2006 to 2010. Subjects without spina bifida (controls) were selected from the sample using
stratified random sampling and matched to each case by age, gender and treatment year at …