Researchers used the Nationwide Inpatient Sample database to identify pediatric patients between 2000 and 2009. The total number of patients included in this study was 43,983.
The study reported the in-hospital overall complication rate as 14.4 percent. The respiratory complication rate was the highest among all complications, however, the rate decreased over time. Also, the average length of hospital stay decreased over time. The study authors found 30.4 percent of patients received some type of blood transfusion.
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