Effect of hospital teaching status on endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography mortality and complications in the USA.
Laura SahyounFaiz AfridiMirela FeurdeanSushil AhlawatPublished in: Surgical endoscopy (2020)
In conclusion, teaching hospitals were noted to have a higher mortality rate associated with inpatient ERCPs as well as higher rates of GI hemorrhage in diagnostic ERCPs, which may be due to a higher comorbidity index in those patients admitted to teaching hospitals.