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Research Studies is a compilation of published research articles funded by AHRQ or authored by AHRQ researchers.
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1 to 4 of 4 Research Studies DisplayedThomson J, Hall M, Berry JG
Diagnostic testing and hospital outcomes of children with neurologic impairment and bacterial pneumonia.
This study assessed hospital-level variability in diagnostic testing and outcomes for children with neurologic impairment hospitalized with pneumonia. For children with neurologic impairment hospitalized with pneumonia, across hospital differences in diagnostic testing were not associated with clinically meaningful differences in outcomes. High-utilizing hospitals may be able to decrease diagnostic testing for children with neurologic impairment hospitalized with pneumonia without adversely impacting outcomes.
AHRQ-funded; HS023092.
Citation: Thomson J, Hall M, Berry JG .
Diagnostic testing and hospital outcomes of children with neurologic impairment and bacterial pneumonia.
J Pediatr 2016 Nov;178:156-63.e1. doi: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2016.07.024.
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Keywords: Children/Adolescents, Diagnostic Safety and Quality, Outcomes, Hospitalization
Wilkes JJ, Hennessy S, Xiao R
Volume-outcome relationships in pediatric acute lymphoblastic leukemia: association between hospital pediatric and pediatric oncology volume with mortality and intensive care resources during initial therapy.
Researchers investigated if inpatient hospital volume influences outcomes. The objective of their study was to evaluate the relationship between inpatient pediatric and pediatric oncology volume and mortality and intensive care resources (ICU care). It concluded that induction mortality was low and that there was no inverse relationship between volume and mortality or ICU care.
AHRQ-funded; HS023419.
Citation: Wilkes JJ, Hennessy S, Xiao R .
Volume-outcome relationships in pediatric acute lymphoblastic leukemia: association between hospital pediatric and pediatric oncology volume with mortality and intensive care resources during initial therapy.
Clin Lymphoma Myeloma Leuk 2016 Jul;16(7):404-10.e1. doi: 10.1016/j.clml.2016.04.016.
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Keywords: Cancer, Children/Adolescents, Hospitalization, Mortality, Outcomes
Millman AJ, Finelli L, Bramley AM
Community-acquired pneumonia hospitalization among children with neurologic disorders.
The purpose of this study was to describe and compare the clinical characteristics, outcomes, and etiology of pneumonia among children hospitalized with community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) with neurologic disorders, non-neurologic underlying conditions, and no underlying conditions. It found that children with neurologic disorders hospitalized with CAP were less likely to have a pathogen detected and more likely to be admitted to the ICU than children without neurologic disorders.
AHRQ-funded; HS022342.
Citation: Millman AJ, Finelli L, Bramley AM .
Community-acquired pneumonia hospitalization among children with neurologic disorders.
J Pediatr 2016 Jun;173:188-95.e4. doi: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2016.02.049..
Keywords: Children/Adolescents, Outcomes, Hospitalization, Children/Adolescents
Lyons TW, Johnson KB, Michelson KA
Yield of emergent neuroimaging in children with new-onset seizure and status epilepticus.
The purpose of this paper was to determine the yield of emergent neuroimaging among children with new-onset seizures presenting with status epilepticus. The authors found that a substantial minority of children with new-onset seizures presenting with status epilepticus have urgent or emergent intracranial pathology identified on neuroimaging and that magnetic resonance imaging is the preferred imaging modality when available and safe.
AHRQ-funded; HS000063.
Citation: Lyons TW, Johnson KB, Michelson KA .
Yield of emergent neuroimaging in children with new-onset seizure and status epilepticus.
Seizure 2016 Feb;35:4-10. doi: 10.1016/j.seizure.2015.12.009.
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Keywords: Children/Adolescents, Diagnostic Safety and Quality, Imaging, Neurological Disorders, Outcomes, Patient-Centered Outcomes Research