Limitations of the 2015-2021 Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery Accreditation and Quality Improvement Program database for emergency bariatric operations.

Florina CorpodeanRobert C RossDenise DanosMichael CookPhilip R SchauerVance L Albaugh

Published in: Surgery for obesity and related diseases : official journal of the American Society for Bariatric Surgery (2024)

Capturable emergency cases declined in 2020, a trend related to changing the definition of emergency as part of MBSAQIP standards. This change excludes data on internal hernia reduction and does not likely reflect a real change in the prevalence of emergency bariatric cases. Because capture for emergency cases has diminished, so has any prior utility of using MBSAQIP data for studying emergency cases.

Keyphrases

public health
emergency department
quality improvement
healthcare
bariatric surgery
weight loss
emergency medical
risk factors
roux en y gastric bypass
electronic health record
big data
machine learning
patient safety