作者
Jessica L Markham, Matthew Hall, Jessica L Bettenhausen, Angela L Myers, Henry T Puls, Russell J McCulloh
发表日期
2018/1/1
期刊
Hospital Pediatrics
卷号
8
期号
1
页码范围
28-35
出版商
American Academy of Pediatrics
简介
OBJECTIVES
To describe variation in the care of children hospitalized with orbital cellulitis and to determine associations with length of stay (LOS), emergency department (ED) revisits, and hospital readmissions.
METHODS
By using the Pediatric Health Information System, we performed a multicenter, retrospective study of children aged 2 months to 18 years with a primary International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision, Clinical Modification discharge diagnosis code for orbital cellulitis from 2007 to 2014. We assessed hospital-level variation in the use of diagnostic tests, corticosteroids, and antibiotics individually and in aggregate for association with outcomes (LOS, ED revisits, readmissions) after risk-adjusting for important clinical and demographic factors.
RESULTS
A total of 1828 children met inclusion criteria. Complete blood cell counts (median …
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