Emergency Department Management of Bronchiolitis in the United States.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

The aim of this study was to examine differences between general and pediatric emergency departments (PEDs) in adherence to the American Academy of Pediatrics bronchiolitis management guidelines.

Methods

We conducted a nationally representative study of ED visits by infants younger than 24 months with bronchiolitis from 2002 to 2011 using the National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey. Diagnostic testing (complete blood counts, radiographs) and medication use (albuterol, corticosteroids, antibiotics and intravenous fluids) in general emergency departments (GEDs) were compared with those in PEDs before and after 2006 American Academy of Pediatrics guideline publication. Weighted percentages were compared, and logistic regression evaluated the association betwe

SUBMITTER: Gong C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5654708 | biostudies-literature | 2019 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature