The Provision of Acute Pediatric Surgical Care by Adult Acute Care General Surgeons : Is There a Learning Curve?

The American Surgeon
Chelsea M KnottsBryan Richmond

Abstract

At our hospital, acute surgical care of children aged 6 and older is managed by adult acute care surgeons. Previously published data from a 10-year experience with this model demonstrated no differences in outcomes when compared with pediatric surgical benchmark data. This study assesses for the effects of a learning curve in the care of pediatric patients by comparing outcomes of patients treated in the first three years with those treated in the last 3 years during a 10-year experience with this model. This was a retrospective study of pediatric patients aged 6 and older who underwent an emergent or urgent, nontrauma surgical procedure by a general surgeon. Data was obtained via chart review and descriptive statistics were compared between patients operated on between January 1, 2009-January 1, 2012 and January 1, 2016-January 1, 2019. In all, 208 cases were performed in the early cohort and 192 cases in the late cohort. Appendectomy was the most common procedure in both intervals (88% early, 94.8% late). Although there was a significant decrease in open procedures in the later cohort (22.6% vs 4.7%, P < .001), there was no significant change in disease-specific complications or negative appendectomies. No consults to a fello...Continue Reading

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