Nationwide survey of pediatric septic arthritis in the United States.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The epidemiology of pediatric septic arthritis, such as annual hospitalization rates and disparities by age, gender, race/ethnicity, and socioeconomic status, remains unclear.

Methods

We obtained hospital discharge records of patients under the age of 20 years with septic arthritis from the kids inpatient database for 2006, 2009 and 2012. We weighted the records to estimate the number of hospitalizations in the US and calculated the annual rates of hospitalization due to septic arthritis. We used multivariable logistic regression to assess risk factors associated with comorbidities of osteomyelitis and bacteremia/septicemia.

Results

Overall annual hospitalization rates showed a decreasing trend (4.23, 3.64, and 3.28 per 100,000 children in 2006, 2009, and 2

SUBMITTER: Okubo Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5496210 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature