Variation in Triage to Pediatric vs Adult ICUs Among Adolescents and Young Adults With Asthma Exacerbations.

ABSTRACT:

Background

More than 90,000 children and adults in the United States are hospitalized with an asthma exacerbation annually, and between 5% and 34% of these hospitalizations include admission to an ICU. It is unclear how adolescent and young adults with severe asthma exacerbations are triaged in the inpatient setting between PICUs and adult ICUs. Using a large multicenter US cohort, we characterized how hospitals triage adolescents and young adults with asthma exacerbations between PICUs and adult ICUs.

Research question

How do hospitals across the United States triage adolescents and young adults with asthma exacerbations between PICUs and adult ICUs?

Study design and methods

This was a retrospective cohort study carried out from 2016 through 2022 using the enhanced-c

SUBMITTER: Shen BH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11449464 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature