Elise Maalouf, Souheil Hallit, Sahar Obeid
Personality traits and quality of life among Lebanese medical students: any mediating effect of emotional intelligence? A path analysis approach
BMC psychology
adults ulcerative colitis uc undergo colectomy highvolume centers better outcomes fewer complications lowvolume centers aimed evaluate hospital volume total abdominal colectomy tac pediatric patients uc explore time trends proportion colectomies performed highvolume centers evaluated association hospital colectomy volume complications performed crosssectional analysis pediatric patients age 18 hospitalized uc using kids inpatient database nationally representative database pediatric hospitalizations identified uc hospitalizations procedural code international classification diseases 9th 10th revision tac 1997 2016 defined complications using diagnosis codes adapted published algorithms defined highvolume hospitals performed 10 tacs annually used multivariate statistics evaluate association hospital volume inhospital complications total 1453 hospitalizations children uc included tac 2306 colectomies nationwide total 766 hospitals performed 1 annual colectomies 36 47 highvolume hospitals accounting 21 colectomies proportion colectomies highvolume hospitals decreased time absolute risk complication 16 highvolume centers compared 22 lowvolume centers adjusted odds ratio 07 95 ci 0509 effect annual tac volume complication risk statistically significant nonemergent admissions pediatric patients uc undergo colectomy highvolume centers fewer complications however small proportion pediatric colectomies 5 performed highvolume centers