title: Outcome of patients with gastroschisis managed with and without multidisciplinary teams in Canada.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To describe the outcomes of gastroschisis (GS) patients managed with and without a multidisciplinary team during the postoperative period in Canada.
  
  
  METHODS
  The Canadian Pediatric Surgery Network (CAPSNet) collects patient data from all Canadian tertiary perinatal centres. The outcomes of 396 GS patients born between 2005 and 2009 who were managed with and without a multidisciplinary team were analyzed.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Significantly more parenteral nutrition (PN) days (P=0.003) and longer lengths of stay (P=0.018) were observed among patients in centres with multidisciplinary teams. Higher mortality rate and earlier death were observed in centres without multidisciplinary teams, especially for high-risk patients, although this was not statistically significant. With regard to low-risk patients, those in centres with multidisciplinary teams had significantly more PN days (P=0.019).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  GS patients managed by multidisciplinary teams had significantly more PN days and longer lengths of stay compared with patients who were not managed by multidisciplinary teams. This difference may be due to improved survival of high-risk patients in centres with multidisciplinary teams, and a uniform feeding approach for all patients.
authors.affiliation: Division of Neonatology, Pediatrics, BC Women's Hospital and Health Centre, BC Children's Hospital;
authors.forename: Ayala
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Gover
authors.affiliation: Division of Neonatology, Pediatrics, BC Women's Hospital and Health Centre, BC Children's Hospital;
authors.forename: Susan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Albersheim
authors.affiliation: Division of Neonatology, Pediatrics, BC Women's Hospital and Health Centre, BC Children's Hospital;
authors.forename: Rebecca
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Sherlock
authors.affiliation: Division of Neonatology, Pediatrics, BC Women's Hospital and Health Centre, BC Children's Hospital;
authors.forename: Jennifer
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Claydon
authors.affiliation: Division of Pediatric General Surgery, Surgery, Children's Hospital of British Columbia;
authors.forename: Sonia
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Butterworth
authors.affiliation: Clinical Research Support Unit, Child and Family Research Institute, Vancouver, British Columbia.
authors.forename: Boris
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Kuzeljevic
keywords: CAPSNet; Gastroschisis; NICU; Parenteral nutrition