Implementation of a Low-risk Algorithm for Outpatient Management of Febrile Pediatric Patients With Sickle Cell Disease.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Splenic dysfunction in children with sickle cell disease (SCD) increases the risk of serious bacterial infections; therefore, families are instructed to seek medical care in the presence of fever. Recurrent hospital admissions of patients with SCD cause financial and resource burdens on caregivers and the health care system, contributing to a lower quality of life in this patient population. Recent studies have documented a reduction of the incidence of bacterial infections among these patients managed on an outpatient basis with no association of increased morbidity and mortality. We decided to establish a partnership between our pediatric hematology/oncology division and pediatric emergency medicine division to initiate an algorithm to identify low-risk patients eligib

SUBMITTER: Erno J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11864588 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature