Pediatric Burns - Who Requires Follow-up? A Study of Urban Pediatric Emergency Department Patients.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Hundreds of children suffer burn injuries each day, yet care guidelines regarding the need for acute inpatient treatment vs outpatient follow-up vs no required follow-up remain nebulous. This gap in the literature is particularly salient for the emergency clinician, who must be able to rapidly determine appropriate disposition.

Methods

This was a retrospective review of patients presenting to a Level II pediatric trauma center, January 1, 2017-December 31, 2019, and discharged with an International Classification of Diseases, Rev 10, burn diagnosis. We obtained and analyzed demographics, burn characteristics, and follow-up data using univariate and bivariate analysis as well as logistic regression modeling. Patients were stratified into three outcome groups: gro

SUBMITTER: Heyming T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11254158 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature