Establishing a National Rate of Rectal Biopsy Positivity in the Diagnosis of Hirschsprung Disease
Maassel NL, Ozgediz DE, Solomon DG. Establishing a National Rate of Rectal Biopsy Positivity in the Diagnosis of Hirschsprung Disease. Journal Of Pediatric Gastroenterology And Nutrition 2020, 72: 501-505. PMID: 33003168, DOI: 10.1097/mpg.0000000000002960.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPositive biopsy ratePediatric Health Information SystemRectal biopsyBiopsy positivityBiopsy rateHirschsprung's diseaseSurgical volumeOutlier hospitalsInterinstitutional variabilityNational ratesICD-9/ICDHospital surgical volumeLow outlier hospitalsRate of surgeryVolume-outcome relationshipDays of lifeHigh-outlier hospitalsOnly patientsRetrospective reviewPositive biopsiesSubgroup analysisNationwide rateBiopsyCriterion standardInstitutional variability