Variation in pediatric emergency department care of sickle cell disease and fever

Academic Emergency Medicine : Official Journal of the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine
Angela M EllisonElizabeth R Alpern

Abstract

The objective was to study the variation in pediatric emergency department (PED) practice patterns for evaluation and management of children with sickle cell disease (SCD) and fever in U.S. children's hospitals. A cross-sectional study of visits by children 3 months to 18 years of age with SCD and fever evaluated in 36 U.S. children's hospital PEDs within the 2010 Pediatric Health Information System database. The main outcome measures were the proportions of SCD visits that received evaluation (laboratory testing and chest radiographs [CXRs]) and treatment (parenteral administration of antibiotics) and were admitted for fever. Of the 4,853 PED visits for SCD and fever, 91.7% had complete blood counts (CBCs), 93.8% had reticulocyte counts, 93% had blood cultures obtained, 68.5% had CXRs, and 91.7% received antibiotics. Most (81.4%) patients received the recommended National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute evaluation (CBC, reticulocyte count, and blood culture) and treatment (parenteral antibiotics). In multivariate regression modeling controlling for hospital- and patient-level effects, age groups ≥1 to <5 years (odds ratio [OR] = 0.32, 95% confidence interval [CI] = 0.25 to 0.40) and ≥5 to <13 years (OR = 0.40, 95% CI = 0.32 to...Continue Reading

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Nov 2, 2016·Academic Emergency Medicine : Official Journal of the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine·Katherine EisenbrownDavid C Brousseau
Dec 19, 2017·Journal of Pediatric Hematology/oncology·Angela M EllisonJane Lavelle
Jul 19, 2018·Pediatric Emergency Care·Katherine EisenbrownDavid C Brousseau
Mar 20, 2020·Pediatric Quality & Safety·Christopher McKinneyRachelle Nuss

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