Printz JN, et al. - In a national cohort of children undergoing a tonsillectomy, researchers ascertained if outcomes vary between pediatric patients with and without autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Understanding these distinctions can be used to inform future strategies to improve healthcare expenses and clinical results. Via obtaining data from the Kids Inpatient Database of the Healthcare Cost Utilization Project, pediatric patients who had tonsillectomy during 2003, 2006, 2009, and 2012, were studied. Three hundred twenty-two had a diagnosis of ASD in the sample of 27,040 patients. While ASD alone does not seem to confer additional costs or morbidity, differences between children with and without ASD suggest that providers need to address patients with ASD in a unique way.