Nicole E Rader, Sylvia H Byrd, Brent J Fountain, Christopher W Bounds, Virginia Gray, Andrew Dandridge Frugé
We Never See Children in Parks: A Qualitative Examination of the Role of Safety Concerns on Physical Activity Among Children
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weekend surgical admissions hospital associated worse clinical outcomes compared weekday admissions aimed evaluate association weekend admission inhospital complications pediatric inflammatory bowel disease ibd hospitalizations requiring urgent abdominal surgery performed crosssectional analysis pediatric 18 years old younger ibd hospitalizations 1997 2016 using kids inpatient database kid nationally representative database pediatric hospitalizations included discharges diagnosis code crohns disease cd ulcerative colitis uc undergoing surgical procedure within 48 hours admission used logistic regression evaluate association weekend admission complications controlling confounding factors study included total 3255 urgent surgical hospitalizations representing 4950 hospitalizations nationwide risk difference weekend cd surgical hospitalizations involving complication vs weekday hospitalizations 4 adjusted analysis demonstrated 30 increased risk complications associated weekend cd hospitalizations compared weekday hospitalizations 13 95 ci 1017 risk difference weekend uc hospitalizations involving complication compared weekday hospitalizations 7 adjusted analysis demonstrated 70 increased risk complication uc weekend surgical hospitalizations compared weekday hospitalizations 17 95 ci 1223 pediatric ibd hospitalizations involving urgent surgical procedures higher rates complications admitted weekend vs weekday outcome disparity requires health services research quality improvement initiatives identify contributing factors improve surgical outcomes