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Compared to other metrics, 30-day outcomes require modest resources to collect, are conceptually transparent, and are responsive to process improvement.<\/jats:p>\n<\/jats:sec>\n<jats:sec>\n<jats:title>METHODS<\/jats:title>\n<jats:p>The National Surgical Quality Improvement Program\u2013Pediatric of the American College of Surgeons was queried for operations for hydrocephalus in the years 2013 through 2020. Demographic data and data regarding comorbidities were collected. Thirty-day rates of return to the operating room, of shunt infection, and of readmission to hospital were analyzed on a univariate basis and in multivariate models.<\/jats:p>\n<\/jats:sec>\n<jats:sec>\n<jats:title>RESULTS<\/jats:title>\n<jats:p>There were 29,098 surgical procedures in the sample, including 10,135 shunt insertions, 16,420 shunt revisions, and 2543 endoscopic third ventriculostomies. The overall 30-day reoperation rate was 10.3%. The most powerful associations were with the nature of the index procedure and with a history of extreme prematurity. The 30-day shunt infection rate was 1.80%. The major associations were with young age, major cardiac risk factors, nutritional support, and ventilator dependence. The 30-day readmission rate was 17.2%. The nature of the index procedure, current malignancy, nutritional support, and recent steroid administration were major associations. Comorbidities negatively associated with these outcomes were highly prevalent.<\/jats:p>\n<\/jats:sec>\n<jats:sec>\n<jats:title>CONCLUSIONS<\/jats:title>\n<jats:p>Precise benchmarks for important 30-day outcomes have been calculated from a very large sample of operations for hydrocephalus in childhood.<\/jats:p>\n<\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.3171\/2024.6.peds24183","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2024,8,24]],"date-time":"2024-08-24T02:20:22Z","timestamp":1724466022000},"page":"438-451","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":2,"title":["Thirty-day outcomes of surgery for hydrocephalus: metrics in a large cohort from the National Surgical Quality Improvement Program\u2013Pediatric"],"prefix":"10.3171","volume":"34","author":[{"given":"Paulo","family":"Castro","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania;"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Joseph","family":"Piatt","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Division of Neurosurgery, Nemours Children\u2019s Hospital Delaware, Wilmington, Delaware;"},{"name":"Departments of Neurological Surgery and"},{"name":"Pediatrics, Sidney Kimmel Medical College, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"1754","reference":[{"issue":"1","key":"b1","series-title":"Pediatr Neurosurg","first-page":"2","article-title":"Mechanical complications in shunts","volume":"17","author":"Sainte-Rose C","year":"1991","unstructured":"Sainte-Rose C, Piatt JH, Renier D,  Mechanical complications in shunts. 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