Anisha I Patel, Kenneth Hecht, Karla E Hampton, Jacob M Grumbach, Ellen Braff-Guajardo, Claire D Brindis
Tapping into water: key considerations for achieving excellence in school drinking water access
American journal of public health
slipped capital femoral epiphysis scfe adolescent hip condition high risk complication purpose study evaluate trends treatment using prospectively collected paediatric nationally representative database total 9034 patients undergoing treatment idiopathic scfe selected querying healthcare cost utilization projects kids inpatient database years 1997 2000 2003 2006 2009 2012 selected patients separated based operative approach cohorts analyzed based temporal categorical differences operative approach patient demographics clinical characteristics univariate multivariate analyses used appropriate mantelhaenszel test trend used temporal analysis overall scfe procedures decreased 275 p 0001 closed procedures decreased 285 p 0001 open procedures decreased 448 p 0001 bilateral closed procedures increased 72 p 0001 ratio open closed procedures decreased patients aged nine 12 years increased patients aged 13 16 years p 0001 report age stratified trends treatment idiopathic scfe using nationally representative data show overall decrease admissions procedures time level iii retrospective comparison study