Laryngeal stenosis among hospitalized children: Results from a nationwide cross-sectional survey.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

We aimed to study laryngeal stenosis among hospitalized children in the United States from 2003-2012. We hypothesized that the prevalence of laryngeal stenosis differs by race even when controlling for age, gender, and commonly associated disease conditions.

Methods

We report the results of a cross-sectional survey of hospitalized patients with laryngeal stenosis. We utilized the Kids Inpatient Database (KID) to estimate the odds of laryngeal stenosis as a function of race using regression analysis. The effects of age, gender, and commonly associated conditions were controlled.

Results

There were 13,910 estimated discharges of patients with laryngeal stenosis (95% CI 13,715-14,105) within the study period. This accounts for 55 cases of laryngeal stenosis pe

SUBMITTER: Johnson RF 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6057228 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature