Race, Ethnicity, Language, and the Treatment of Low-Risk Febrile Infants.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Febrile infants at low risk of invasive bacterial infections are unlikely to benefit from lumbar puncture, antibiotics, or hospitalization, yet these are commonly performed. It is not known if there are differences in management by race, ethnicity, or language.

Objective

To investigate associations between race, ethnicity, and language and additional interventions (lumbar puncture, empirical antibiotics, and hospitalization) in well-appearing febrile infants at low risk of invasive bacterial infection.

Design, setting, and participants

This was a multicenter retrospective cross-sectional analysis of infants receiving emergency department care between January 1, 2018, and December 31, 2019. Data were analyzed from December 2022 to July 2023. Pediatric emerge

SUBMITTER: Gutman CK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10644247 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature