Effect of Hospital Teaching Status on Mortality and Procedural Complications of Percutaneous Paracentesis in the United States: A Four-Year Analysis of the National Inpatient Sample.

ABSTRACT: Objectives Numerous previous studies investigated the impact of medical training settings on outcomes of hospitalized patients. However, the impact of teaching hospital status on outcomes of percutaneous paracentesis, to the best of our knowledge, has never been studied before. Methods Hospitalized patients who underwent percutaneous paracentesis were identified from the National Inpatient Sample database from 2016 to 2019 across the United States (US) teaching and non-teaching hospitals. Outcomes studied were differences in risk of mortality, postprocedural outcomes, and healthcare resource utilization. Multivariate logistic analysis was performed using STATA software (StataCorp LLC, College Station, Texas, US) and results were adjusted for patient and hospital characteristics and comorbi

SUBMITTER: Aldiabat M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9313107 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature