Principal Component Patterns of Pediatric Respiratory Viral Testing Across Health Care Settings.

ABSTRACT:

Background and objectives

Factors prompting clinicians to request viral testing in children are unclear. We assessed patterns prompting clinicians to perform viral testing in children discharged from an emergency department (ED) or hospitalized with an acute respiratory infection (ARI).

Methods

Using active ARI surveillance data collected from November 2017 through February 2020, children aged between 30 days and 17 years with fever or respiratory symptoms who had a research respiratory specimen tested were included. Children's presentation patterns from their initial evaluation at each health care setting were analyzed using principal components (PCs) analysis. PC-specific models using logistic regression with robust sandwich estimators were used to estimate odds ratios (OR

SUBMITTER: Rankin DA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10823184 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature