title: Emergency Department Visits and Hospitalizations in Children With Chronic Pancreatitis in the United States.
abstract: We analyzed 2 national databases to assess the use of health care resources by children with chronic pancreatitis (CP). In 2012, the hospital discharge rate for pediatric CP was 2.73/100,000 children. Patients with CP were sicker with a greater burden of illness than age- and sex-matched counterparts. Acute pancreatitis occurred frequently in hospitalized children with CP. Abdominal pain and nausea, and vomiting were the most common gastrointestinal symptoms associated with emergency department visits in children with CP. A significant proportion of these visits resulted in a hospitalization. These findings add to our understanding of the epidemiology of CP in the United States.
authors.affiliation: *University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS †Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, UH Rainbow Babies & Children's Hospital, Cleveland, OH.
authors.forename: Chaitanya
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Pant
authors.forename: Thomas J
authors.initials: TJ
authors.lastname: Sferra
mesh_terms: D015746:Abdominal Pain / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy; D000208:Acute Disease; D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004636:Emergency Service, Hospital; D005260:Female; D006760:Hospitalization; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D009325:Nausea / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy; D010179:Pancreas / Q000473:pathology*; D050500:Pancreatitis, Chronic / Q000150:complications / Q000628:therapy; D010372:Pediatrics; D014481:United States; D014839:Vomiting / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy