title: Pediatric endoscopy: new information from the PEDS-CORI project.
abstract: The PEDS-CORI (Pediatric Endoscopy Database System-Clinical Outcomes Research Initiative) was created in December 1999 to develop and maintain a database of pediatric endoscopy procedures and to promote scientific inquiry into the need, efficacy, costs, and outcomes of pediatric endoscopy. The PEDS-CORI database was queried to determine the type, frequency, indication, and findings of all procedures. Of the 27,710 now in the database, 62% were esophagogastroduodenoscopies (EGDs), 24% were colonoscopies, 7.5% were flexible sigmoidoscopies, 1.5% were endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatographies, and 5% were other procedures. The male-to-female ratio was approximately 1:1. Eighty-three percent were outpatients, 12% were inpatients, and 5% were not recorded. Forty percent of patients were aged from 5 to 10 years. EGD is 2.5 times as common as colonoscopy. Most procedures are performed on children aged from 5 to 10 years. PEDS-CORI is a powerful tool that can be used to determine the patterns of use in pediatric endoscopy.
authors.affiliation: Baylor College of Medicine, Texas Children's Hospital, Houston, TX 77030-2399, USA. mgilger@bcm.tmc.edu
authors.forename: Mark A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Gilger
authors.forename: Benjamin D
authors.initials: BD
authors.lastname: Gold
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D019985:Benchmarking; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003362:Cost-Benefit Analysis; D019992:Databases as Topic; D016145:Endoscopy, Digestive System / Q000191:economics / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D005260:Female; D005767:Gastrointestinal Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D009656:North America; D010372:Pediatrics / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D012189:Retrospective Studies