Endophthalmitis after pediatric cataract surgery in the United States: report using an insurance claims database.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

To describe the characteristics and incidence of children developing endophthalmitis within the first 90 days following pediatric cataract surgery.

Setting

Deidentified commercial and Medicare Advantage health claims across the United States.

Design

Population-based retrospective cohort study.

Methods

In a retrospective review of approximately 58 million charts in Optum's deidentified Clinformatics Data Mart Database, patients aged <13 years who underwent cataract surgery in one or both eyes with or without primary intraocular lens (IOL) implantation between 2003 and 2017 were identified. Excluded were patients with traumatic cataract, <90 days of continuous insurance coverage, a prior diagnosis of endophthalmitis, and a diagnosis of endophthalmitis occ

SUBMITTER: Nguyen AM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8411018 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature