The Relationship Between Hospital Volume and Mortality in Pediatric Patients With Severe Blunt Abdominal Trauma.

Zoe Flyer¹, Andreina Giron², Jeffry Nahmias³, John Schomberg², Laura F Goodman⁴, Peter T Yu⁴, Yigit S Guner⁴, Zhuo Chen²

¹Department of Pediatric Surgery, Children's Hospital Orange County, Orange, California. Electronic address: zoe.flyer@choc.org.

²Department of Pediatric Surgery, Children's Hospital Orange County, Orange, California.

³Department of Surgery, University of California Irvine, Irvine, California.

⁴Department of Pediatric Surgery, Children's Hospital Orange County, Orange, California; Department of Surgery, University of California Irvine, Irvine, California.

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Abstract

INTRODUCTION: Blunt abdominal trauma (BAT) is a significant cause of mortality in pediatric patients. Hospital volume has been shown to be associated with outcomes in some studies, but its association with outcomes in severe pediatric BAT remains unclear. We hypothesized that treatment at lower-volume centers is associated with increased mortality in severe pediatric BAT. METHODS: We performed a…

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