National databases for neurosurgical outcomes research: options, strengths, and limitations

AV Karhade, AMG Larsen, DJ Cote, HM Dubois… - …, 2018 - journals.lww.com
BACKGROUND Quality improvement, value-based care delivery, and personalized patient
care depend on robust clinical, financial, and demographic data streams of neurosurgical …

The past, present and future of ACS NSQIP-Pediatric: Evolution from a quality registry to a comparative quality performance platform

JM Saito, DC Barnhart, C Grant, BK Brighton… - Seminars in pediatric …, 2023 - Elsevier
Quality and process improvement (QI/PI) in children's surgical care require reliable data
across the care continuum. Since 2012, the American College of Surgeons'(ACS) National …

A standard set of outcome measures for the comprehensive appraisal of cleft care

AC Allori, T Kelley, JG Meara, A Albert… - The Cleft Palate …, 2017 - journals.sagepub.com
Care of the patient with cleft lip and/or palate remains complex. Prior attempts at aggregating
data to study the effectiveness of specific interventions or overall treatment protocols have …

Frequency and variety of inpatient pediatric surgical procedures in the United States

S Sømme, M Bronsert, E Morrato, M Ziegler - Pediatrics, 2013 - publications.aap.org
OBJECTIVE: Pediatric surgical procedures are being performed in a variety of hospitals with
large differences in surgical volume. We examined the frequency and variety of inpatient …

Time to appendectomy and risk of complicated appendicitis and adverse outcomes in children

SK Serres, DB Cameron, CC Glass, DA Graham… - JAMA …, 2017 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Management of appendicitis as an urgent rather than emergency procedure has
become an increasingly common practice in children. Controversy remains as to whether …

Development and implications of an evidence-based and public health-relevant definition of complicated appendicitis in children

DB Cameron, SP Anandalwar, DA Graham… - Annals of …, 2020 - journals.lww.com
Objective: To characterize the influence of intraoperative findings on complications and
resource utilization as a means to establish an evidence-based and public health-relevant …

Association of intraoperative findings with outcomes and resource use in children with complicated appendicitis

SP Anandalwar, DB Cameron, DA Graham… - JAMA …, 2018 - jamanetwork.com
Importance The influence of disease severity on outcomes and use of health care resources
in children with complicated appendicitis is poorly characterized. Adjustment for variation in …

Current patterns of practice and technique in the repair of esophageal atresia and tracheoesophageal fistua: an IPEG survey

D Lal, G Miyano, D Juang, NE Sharp… - … of Laparoendoscopic & …, 2013 - liebertpub.com
Background: Optimal surgical treatment of infants with esophageal atresia (EA) and
tracheoesophageal fistula (TEF) remains controversial. In order to better understand …

The incidence and risk factors for short-term morbidity and mortality in pediatric deformity spinal surgery: an analysis of the NSQIP pediatric database

AJ Pugely, CT Martin, Y Gao, R Ilgenfritz, SL Weinstein - Spine, 2014 - journals.lww.com
Study Design. Retrospective review of a prospective cohort. Objective. To determine the
incidence and risk factors for 30-day morbidity and mortality after pediatric deformity spinal …

Surgical site infection reduction by the solutions for patient safety hospital engagement network

JK Schaffzin, L Harte, S Marquette, K Zieker… - …, 2015 - publications.aap.org
OBJECTIVE: Surgical site infections (SSIs) negatively affect patients and the health care
system. National standards for SSI prevention do not exist in pediatric settings. We sought to …