Defining the volume of consultations for musculoskeletal infection encountered by pediatric orthopaedic services in the United States.

ABSTRACT: OBJECTIVE:Adequate resources are required to rapidly diagnose and treat pediatric musculoskeletal infection (MSKI). The workload MSKI consults contribute to pediatric orthopaedic services is unknown as prior epidemiologic studies are variable and negative work-ups are not included in national discharge databases. The hypothesis was tested that MSKI consults constitute a substantial volume of total consultations for pediatric orthopaedic services across the United States. STUDY DESIGN:Eighteen institutions from the Children's ORthopaedic Trauma and Infection Consortium for Evidence-based Study (CORTICES) group retrospectively reviewed a minimum of 1 year of hospital data, reporting the total number of surgeons, total consultations, and MSKI-related consultations. Consultations were classifi

SUBMITTER: Koehler RJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7272072 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature