Emergency department use and hospital admission in children following ambulatory surgery: a retrospective population-based cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Paediatric ambulatory surgery (same day surgery and planned same day discharge) is more frequently being performed more in Canada and around the world; however, after surgery children may return to hospital, either through the emergency department (ED) or through a hospital admission (HA). The aim of this study was to determine the patient characteristics associated with ED visits and HA in the 3 days following paediatric ambulatory surgery.

Methods

This population-based retrospective cohort study used de-identified health administrative database housed at ICES and included residents of Ontario, younger than 18 years of age, who underwent ambulatory surgery between 2014 and 2018. Patients were not involved in the design of this study. The proportion of ED visit

SUBMITTER: Sawhney M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8611446 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature