A Nationwide Assessment of the "July Effect" and Predictors of Post-Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancreatography Sepsis at Urban Teaching Hospitals in the United States

• Main Authors: Rupak Desai (Author), Upenkumar Patel (Author), Shreyans Doshi (Author), Dipen Zalavadia (Author), Wardah Siddiq (Author), Hitanshu Dave (Author), Mohammad Bilal (Author), Vikas Khullar (Author), Hemant Goyal (Author), Madhav Desai (Author), Nihar Shah (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Korean Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy, 2019-09-01T00:00:00Z.
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Background/Aims To analyze the incidence of post-endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) sepsis in the early (July to September) and later (October to June) academic months to assess the "July effect". Methods The National Inpatient Sample (2010-2014) was used to identify ERC...