Shortness of breath in children at the emergency department: Variability in management in Europe.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Our aim was to describe variability in resource use and hospitalization in children presenting with shortness of breath to different European Emergency Departments (EDs) and to explore possible explanations for variability.

Design

The TrIAGE project, a prospective observational study based on electronic health record data.

Patients and setting

Consecutive paediatric emergency department visits for shortness of breath in five European hospitals in four countries (Austria, Netherlands, Portugal, United Kingdom) during a study period of 9-36 months (2012-2014).

Main outcome measures

We assessed diversity between EDs regarding resource use (diagnostic tests, therapy) and hospital admission using multivariable logistic regression analyses adjusting for pot

SUBMITTER: Borensztajn D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8099081 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature