Scope of practice and outcomes of cerebrovascular procedures in children.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

The impact of scope of practice of providers (predominantly adult versus predominantly pediatric) on the outcomes of cerebrovascular procedures in children remains an issue of debate. We investigated the association of scope of practice with the outcomes of cerebrovascular interventions.

Methods

We performed a cohort study of all pediatric patients (younger than 18 years old) who underwent cerebrovascular procedures from 2009 to 2013 and were registered in the Statewide Planning and Research Cooperative System (SPARCS) database. In order to control for confounding, we used propensity score conditioning and mixed effects analysis to account for clustering at the hospital level.

Results

During the study period, there were 1243 pediatric patients who underwent ce

SUBMITTER: Bekelis K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5469360 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature