Amy E Wagenaar1, Jun Tashiro1, Juan E Sola1, Obi Ekwenna2, Akin Tekin2, Eduardo A Perez3. 1. Division of Pediatric Surgery, DeWitt-Daughtry Department of Surgery, Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, 1120 NW 14th Street, Suite 450, Miami, FL, 33136, USA. 2. Miami Transplant Institute, Jackson Memorial Hospital, Miami, FL, USA. 3. Division of Pediatric Surgery, DeWitt-Daughtry Department of Surgery, Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, 1120 NW 14th Street, Suite 450, Miami, FL, 33136, USA. eperez3@med.miami.edu.
Abstract
PURPOSE: We sought to identify factors associated with increased resource utilization and in-hospital mortality for pediatric liver transplantation (LT). METHODS: Kids' Inpatient Database (1997-2009) was used to identify cases of LT in patients <20 years old. RESULTS: Overall, 2905 cases were identified, with an in-hospital survival of 91 %. LT was performed most frequently in < 5 year olds (61 %), females (51 %), and Caucasians (56 %). LT was performed at urban teaching hospitals (97 %) and facilities with children's units (51 %). Indications included pathologic conditions of the biliary tract (44 %) and inborn errors of metabolism (34 %), though unspecified end stage liver disease was the most common (75 %). Logistic regression found higher mortality in children undergoing LT for malignant conditions (odds ratio: 4.8) and acute hepatic failure (OR 3.4). Cases complicated by renal failure (OR 7.7) and complications of LT (OR 2.7) had higher mortality rates. Resource utilization increased for children with renal failure and those with hemorrhage as a complication of LT, p < 0.05. CONCLUSION: Hospital survival is predicted by indication and complications associated with LT. Resource utilization increased with renal failure and complications related to LT. Admission length was sensitive to payer status, hospital characteristics, and UNOS region, whereas total costs were unaffected by payer status or hospital type.
PURPOSE: We sought to identify factors associated with increased resource utilization and in-hospital mortality for pediatric liver transplantation (LT). METHODS: Kids' Inpatient Database (1997-2009) was used to identify cases of LT in patients <20 years old. RESULTS: Overall, 2905 cases were identified, with an in-hospital survival of 91 %. LT was performed most frequently in < 5 year olds (61 %), females (51 %), and Caucasians (56 %). LT was performed at urban teaching hospitals (97 %) and facilities with children's units (51 %). Indications included pathologic conditions of the biliary tract (44 %) and inborn errors of metabolism (34 %), though unspecified end stage liver disease was the most common (75 %). Logistic regression found higher mortality in children undergoing LT for malignant conditions (odds ratio: 4.8) and acute hepatic failure (OR 3.4). Cases complicated by renal failure (OR 7.7) and complications of LT (OR 2.7) had higher mortality rates. Resource utilization increased for children with renal failure and those with hemorrhage as a complication of LT, p < 0.05. CONCLUSION: Hospital survival is predicted by indication and complications associated with LT. Resource utilization increased with renal failure and complications related to LT. Admission length was sensitive to payer status, hospital characteristics, and UNOS region, whereas total costs were unaffected by payer status or hospital type.
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Health resources; Liver transplantation; Mortality; Outcome assessment; Pediatrics
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