An assessment of pediatric heart transplant admission characteristics and practices using an administrative database

Background: Changes in orthotopic heart transplantation (OHT) practices over time have been difficult to assess due to reliance on voluntary registry data with limited patient granularity. Here, we use the Pediatric Health Information System database (PHIS) to study the clinical management of OHT recipients during the initial transplant admission. Methods: A retrospective cohort studywas performedof all OHT recipients <19 years old in PHIS from 2003 to 2017. Using administrative data collected from the initial transplant admission, we determined length of stay, duration of ICU care, …