Pharmacologic restraint use for children experiencing mental health crises in pediatric hospitals.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Children in mental health crises are increasingly admitted to children's hospitals awaiting inpatient psychiatric placement. During hospitalization, patients may exhibit acute agitation prompting pharmacologic restraint use.

Objective

To determine hospital-level incidence and variation of pharmacologic restraint use among children admitted for mental health conditions in children's hospitals.

Design, setting, and participants

We examined data for children (5 to ≤18 years) admitted to children's hospitals with a primary mental health condition from 2018 to 2020 using the Pediatric Health Information System database. Hospital rates of parenteral pharmacologic restraint use per 1000 mental health bed days were determined and compared after adjusting for patien

SUBMITTER: Wolf RM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9899307 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature