title: Measuring Pediatric Bronchoscopy Outcomes Using an Electronic Medical Record.
abstract: Bronchoscopy procedures should be tracked for safety, quality improvement, and federal regulations.
  
  
  
  The aim of this study was to develop and test a method for evaluating flexible bronchoscopy use and outcomes using the electronic medical record (EMR) system in current clinical use at a large children's hospital.
  
  
  
  We created a custom bronchoscopy procedure note for our EMR system (Epic Systems Corporation) to track demographics, bronchoscopist, coordinated procedures, and outcome. Unplanned outcomes in children were defined as a disposition (admission to the hospital or elevation of care) after flexible bronchoscopy that differed from the preoperative plan. Readmissions to the hospital and emergency visits within our hospital system were also tracked electronically. Unplanned outcomes and readmissions were evaluated by a bronchoscopy quality team.
  
  
  
  Over 2.5 years, we tracked 1,297 bronchoscopic procedures performed on 1,161 patients (60% male, 78% American Society of Anesthesiologists class 2 or 3, mean age 5.5 yr [range, 0.02-40 yr]). Overall, 27 unplanned outcomes occurred (2.1%). The risk of unplanned outcomes did not appear to be different between procedures performed by a trainee with faculty oversight and those performed by a faculty member alone. Patients with multiple same-day procedures were more likely to have unplanned outcomes (21 of 27 [78%], P = 0.004) than were patients who had flexible bronchoscopy alone. The relative risk (RR) of having an unplanned outcome was not different from flexible bronchoscopy alone in the subset of patients with multiple procedures coordinated through our multidisciplinary aerodigestive clinic (RR 0.7; 95% CI, 0.1-3.4). The risk of unplanned events was significantly elevated in children with coordinated procedures scheduled outside the aerodigestive group (RR, 5.8; 95% CI, 2.4-14.5). Ten patients (<1%) were readmitted or seen urgently within 1 week; three of these unplanned outcomes were attributed to complications of the bronchoscopy.
  
  
  
  An EMR system may be used to track procedural outcomes. Unplanned outcomes after flexible bronchoscopy were infrequent at our institution. Children who underwent multiple procedures had unplanned outcomes more often; however, the subset of children who underwent coordinated procedures through our multidisciplinary aerodigestive clinic did not demonstrate this increased risk.
authors.affiliation: 1 Department of Pediatrics and.|2 The Breathing Institute at Children's Hospital Colorado, Aurora, Colorado.
authors.forename: Emily M
authors.initials: EM
authors.lastname: DeBoer
authors.affiliation: 3 Department of Otolaryngology, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, Colorado; and.|2 The Breathing Institute at Children's Hospital Colorado, Aurora, Colorado.
authors.forename: Jeremy D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Prager
authors.affiliation: 1 Department of Pediatrics and.|2 The Breathing Institute at Children's Hospital Colorado, Aurora, Colorado.
authors.forename: Gwendolyn S
authors.initials: GS
authors.lastname: Kerby
authors.affiliation: 1 Department of Pediatrics and.|2 The Breathing Institute at Children's Hospital Colorado, Aurora, Colorado.
authors.forename: Paul C
authors.initials: PC
authors.lastname: Stillwell
mesh_terms: D001999:Bronchoscopy / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000379:methods*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003120:Colorado; D057286:Electronic Health Records; D005260:Female; D006776:Hospitals, Pediatric; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D010359:Patient Readmission / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000453:epidemiology*; D058996:Quality Improvement; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012307:Risk Factors
keywords: aerodigestive; diagnostic techniques; flexible bronchoscopy; safety
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