Acute Pancreatitis Admission Trends: A National Estimate through the Kids' Inpatient Database

Abstract

To evaluate national health care use and costs for pediatric acute pancreatitis.The Kids' Inpatient Database for 2006, 2009, and 2012 was queried for patients with a principal diagnosis of acute pancreatitis. Cases were grouped by age: preschool (<5 years of age), school age (5-14 years of age), and adolescents (>14 years of age).A total of 27 983 discharges for acute pancreatitis were found. The number of admissions increased with age: young n?=?1279, middle n?=?8012, and older n?=?18 692. Duration of stay was highest in preschool children (median, 3.47 days; IQR, 2.01-7.35), compared with school age (median, 3.22 days; IQR, 1.81-5.63) and adolescents (median, 2.87 days; IQR, 1.61-4.81; P?

View details for DOI 10.1016/j.jpeds.2017.09.061

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