Pediatric anesthesia & critical care
Childhood obesity trends: Association with same‐day hospital admission in a National Outpatient Surgical Population
Authors' conclusion
The burden of obesity continues to increase in children scheduled for ambulatory surgery. Children with class 2 and class 3 obesity have higher rates of same-day hospital admission following elective ambulatory surgery compared to healthy weight children
Study context
- Population
- Children 2–18 years undergoing outpatient surgery under GA with documented height, weight and body mass index (BMI), ACS NSQIP-Pediatric (2012–2019)analysed
- Participants
- 152,918 children
- Exposure
- Overweight and obesity classes vs healthy weight
- Overweightn = 25,007
- Class 1 obesityn = 21,085
- Class 2 obesityn = 7,879
- Class 3 obesityn = 4,623
- Outcome
- Same-day hospital admission (hospital LOS ≥1 day)
Methodological detailsmulticentre registry
- Multicentre registry
Main finding
As reported in the abstract
Same-day hospital admission
Each group vs healthy weightOdds ratio (95% CI)
Overweight
1.05(1.02–1.08)
Class 1 obesity
1.04(1.00–1.07)
Class 2 obesity
1.09(1.02–1.16)
Class 3 obesity
1.20(1.11–1.30)
Observational data: associations, not effects.
Further findings
Prevalence of weight categories
Change in obesity prevalence 2012 to 2019
- Class 2 obesity prevalence increase
- 26.7%
- Class 3 obesity prevalence increase
- 32.5%
Original publication
Childhood obesity trends: Association with same‐day hospital admission in a National Outpatient Surgical Population. Paediatr Anaesth. Published 26 December 2022. doi:10.
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