Quality improvement project to decrease unnecessary investigations in infants with bronchiolitis in Cork University Hospital.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Bronchiolitis is a common reason for infants to present to the emergency department (ED). Clear evidence-based guidelines exist that recommend against routine radiological and laboratory investigations in this cohort. Despite this, preintervention audit showed that children below 12 months of age with bronchiolitis in the ED during November 2018-January 2019 were receiving unnecessary investigations. Our aim was to improve patient care by decreasing unnecessary investigations in bronchiolitis infants.

Methods

Baseline assessment comprised a preintervention audit of children less than 12 months of age with a diagnosis of bronchiolitis that presented to ED during November 2018-January 2019. The outcome measure was average weekly hospital length of stay (LOS), proces

SUBMITTER: Jansen L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8593756 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature