Health Resource Use in Survivors of Pediatric Septic Shock in the United States.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To evaluate postdischarge health resource use in pediatric survivors of septic shock and determine patient and hospitalization factors associated with health resource use.

Design

Secondary analyses of a multicenter prospective observational cohort study.

Setting

Twelve academic PICUs.

Patients

Children greater than or equal to 1 month and less than 18 years old hospitalized for community-acquired septic shock who survived to 1 year.

Interventions

None.

Measurements and main results

For 308/338 patients (91%) with baseline and greater than or equal to one postdischarge survey, we evaluated readmission, emergency department (ED) visits, new medication class, and new device class use during the year after sepsis. Using negative binomial re

SUBMITTER: Maddux AB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9203867 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature