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JOURNAL ARTICLE
RESEARCH SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T
Predictors of Critical Care and Mortality in Bronchiolitis after Emergency Department Discharge.
Journal of Pediatrics 2018 August
OBJECTIVES: To identify the epidemiologic predictors and stratify the risk of critical care unit (CCU) admission or death in bronchiolitis following emergency department discharge. This information has not yet been explored.
STUDY DESIGN: A population-based cohort study using Ontario-wide demographic and healthcare databases linked at the individual level. We assessed all infants with bronchiolitis discharged home from all emergency departments in Ontario, Canada, 2003-2014. Targeted information included plausible demographic and clinical predictors of CCU admission/death within 14 days of emergency department discharge. Using multivariable logistic regression analyses, we identified independent predictors of this outcome and stratified the outcome risk by the type of multivariable predictor.
RESULTS: Of 34 270 study infants, 102 (0.3%) were admitted to CCU or died after discharge. Predictors of CCU admission/death were: comorbidities (OR 5.33; 95% CI 2.82-10.10), younger age [months] (OR 1.47; 95%CI 1.33-1.61), low income (OR 1.53; 95% CI 1.01-2.34), younger gestational age [weeks] (OR 1.14; 95%CI 1.06-1.22), and emergent presentation (Canadian Triage and Acuity Scale 2) at the index visit (OR 1.55, 95% CI 1.03-2.33). The absolute event risk of CCU admission/death in infants with versus without comorbidities were 1.5% versus 0.26%, respectively (P < .001). The odds of these outcomes in infants with comorbidities plus ≥2 other predictors were 25 times higher than in infants without predictors (OR 25.1, 95% CI 11.4-55.3).
CONCLUSIONS: Infants with comorbidities plus other predictors discharged from the emergency department with bronchiolitis are at considerable risk of subsequent CCU admission and death. These risk factors should augment current clinical and social considerations determining patient disposition.
STUDY DESIGN: A population-based cohort study using Ontario-wide demographic and healthcare databases linked at the individual level. We assessed all infants with bronchiolitis discharged home from all emergency departments in Ontario, Canada, 2003-2014. Targeted information included plausible demographic and clinical predictors of CCU admission/death within 14 days of emergency department discharge. Using multivariable logistic regression analyses, we identified independent predictors of this outcome and stratified the outcome risk by the type of multivariable predictor.
RESULTS: Of 34 270 study infants, 102 (0.3%) were admitted to CCU or died after discharge. Predictors of CCU admission/death were: comorbidities (OR 5.33; 95% CI 2.82-10.10), younger age [months] (OR 1.47; 95%CI 1.33-1.61), low income (OR 1.53; 95% CI 1.01-2.34), younger gestational age [weeks] (OR 1.14; 95%CI 1.06-1.22), and emergent presentation (Canadian Triage and Acuity Scale 2) at the index visit (OR 1.55, 95% CI 1.03-2.33). The absolute event risk of CCU admission/death in infants with versus without comorbidities were 1.5% versus 0.26%, respectively (P < .001). The odds of these outcomes in infants with comorbidities plus ≥2 other predictors were 25 times higher than in infants without predictors (OR 25.1, 95% CI 11.4-55.3).
CONCLUSIONS: Infants with comorbidities plus other predictors discharged from the emergency department with bronchiolitis are at considerable risk of subsequent CCU admission and death. These risk factors should augment current clinical and social considerations determining patient disposition.
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