Retrospective Study
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World J Gastrointest Endosc. Jun 16, 2022; 14(6): 367-375
Published online Jun 16, 2022. doi: 10.4253/wjge.v14.i6.367
Pediatric endoscopy across multiple clinical settings: Efficiency and adverse events
Erin Crawford, Ramy Sabe, Thomas J Sferra, Carolyn Apperson-Hansen, Ali S Khalili
Erin Crawford, Department of Pediatrics, University Hospitals Rainbow Babies and Children's Hospital, Cleveland, OH 44113, United States
Ramy Sabe, Thomas J Sferra, Ali S Khalili, Department of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, University Hospitals Rainbow Babies and Children's Hospital, Cleveland, OH 44106, United States
Carolyn Apperson-Hansen, Department of Population and Quantitative Health Sciences, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH 44106, United States
Author contributions: Crawford E, Sabe R, Sferra TJ, Apperson-Hansen C, and Khalili AS contributed equally to this work; Crawford E, Sabe R, Sferra TJ, Apperson-Hansen C, and Khalili AS designed the research study; Crawford E and Khalili AS performed the research; Crawford E and Apperson-Hansen C analyzed the data; Crawford E, Sabe R, Sferra TJ, Apperson-Hansen C, and Khalili AS wrote the manuscript; all authors have read and approved the final manuscript.
Institutional review board statement: This study was approved by the Ethics Committee of the University Hospitals (No. CR00002806).
Conflict-of-interest statement: All the authors report no relevant conflicts of interest for this article.
Data sharing statement: Data sharing is not permitted for this study.
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Corresponding author: Ali S Khalili, MD, Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, University Hospitals Rainbow Babies and Children's Hospital, 11100 Euclid Ave. Suite 737, Cleveland, OH 44106, United States. ali.khalili@uhhospitals.org
Received: September 1, 2021
Peer-review started: September 1, 2021
First decision: March 15, 2022
Revised: March 29, 2022
Accepted: May 22, 2022
Article in press: May 22, 2022
Published online: June 16, 2022
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Core Tip

Core Tip: This was a retrospective study where we compared the efficiency of pediatric endoscopic procedures in a tertiary care operating room, community operating room, and endoscopy center and secondarily examined adverse events of procedures across these settings. We found that with using strict, identical scheduling guidelines for all locations, undergoing esophagogastroduodenoscopy (EGD) or combined EGD and colonoscopy at the community hospital room and endoscopy center was significantly faster for the patient and endoscopist when compared to the tertiary care operating room. The rate of adverse events was similar across all three locations.