Background: There are multiple preoperative risk scores for pediatric mortality. The aim of
this study was to systematically describe and compare the existing studies of patient-specific …

Comorbidity scores are widely used to help address confounding bias in nonrandomized
studies conducted within health-care databases, but existing scores were developed to …

Anaesthetists increasingly face questions from parents on the long-term outcomes of
anaesthesia, and yet more immediate anaesthetic risks are not understood, nor explained to …

Purpose We aimed to describe the incidence, timing, and predictors of recurrence following
inguinal hernia repair (IHR) in children. Methods We used the TRICARE claims database, a …

Methods: The Kids' Inpatient Database (KID) was queried from 2000 to 2009 for patients< 18
years undergoing noncardiac surgery. Hospitals nationwide were grouped into commutable …

Background and objectives Sarcopenia, defined as reduced muscle mass, is typically
assessed by CT scans, which are infrequently performed in children. Using MRI to measure …

Background: Anesthetics have neurotoxic effects in neonatal animals. Relevant human
evidence is limited. We sought such evidence in a structural neuroimaging study. Methods …

METHODS: The National Surgical Quality Improvement Program–Pediatrics (NSQIP-P) is a
prospective registry of surgical cases from 50 and 56 pediatric hospitals in 2012 and 2013 …

Objective: To describe variability in and consequences of opioid prescriptions following
pediatric laparoscopic appendectomy. Summary Background Data: Postoperative opioid …

Introduction Augmentation enterocystoplasty and appendicovesicostomy are complex
pediatric urologic procedures. Although there is literature identifying long-term outcomes in …