University of Minnesota Children's Hospital

Trends in Regionalization of Pediatric Inpatient and Critical Care by Medical Complexity

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Pediatric inpatient and critical care services are increasingly regionalizing: shifting from smaller hospitals to larger specialty centers. Children with medical complexity (CMC) and with technology dependence (TD) account for a disproportionate share o...

A Comparison of Pediatric Hospitalization Data in Cosmos and the Kids’ Inpatient Database

OBJECTIVE: To compare characteristics of pediatric hospitalizations in Epic Cosmos, an electronic health record-based database that aggregates voluntarily submitted data from across the United States, with nationally representative pediatric inpatient data in the Kids' Inpatient...

Prevalence and Characteristics of Mental Health Interventions Following Pediatric Hospitalization

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: As survival after pediatric critical illness improves, attention has shifted to post-intensive care syndrome and the long-term mental health of pediatric intensive care unit (PICU) survivors, who have high rates of posttraumatic stress, anxiety, and dep...

Postoperative Interventions and Cost Associated With Disposition After Tonsil and Adenoidectomy

OBJECTIVE To evaluate postoperative disposition and resource use among patients admitted to the inpatient unit or pediatric intensive care unit (PICU) following tonsillectomy, adenoidectomy, and tonsillectomy/adenoidectomy (T/A). PATIENTS AND METHODS This retrospective cohort stu...