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Association of chest radiography with outcomes in pediatric pneumonia: a population-based study.
This study’s objective was to evaluate the association of performing a chest radiograph (CXR) with 7-day hospitalization after emergency department (ED) discharge among pediatric patients with community-acquired pneumonia (CAP). This retrospective cohort study included 206,694 children aged 3 months to 17 years discharged from any ED within 8 states from 2014 to 2019. Secondary outcomes included 7-day ED revisits and a 7-day hospitalization with severe CAP. Among these children diagnosed with CAP, rates of 7-day ED revisit, hospitalization, and severe CAP were 8.9%, 1.6%, and 0.4%, respectively. After adjusting for illness severity, CXR was associated with fewer 7-day hospitalizations (1.6% vs 1.7%). CXR performance varied somewhat between EDs (median 91.5%). EDs in the highest quartile had fewer 7-day hospitalizations (1.4% vs 1.9%), ED revisits (8.5% vs 9.4%), and hospitalizations for severe CAP (0.3% vs 0.5%) as compared to EDs with the lowest quartile of CXR utilization.
AHRQ-funded; HS026503.
Citation: Geanacopoulos AT, Neuman MI, Lipsett SC .
Association of chest radiography with outcomes in pediatric pneumonia: a population-based study.
Hosp Pediatr 2023 Jul; 13(7):614-23. doi: 10.1542/hpeds.2023-007142..
Keywords: Children/Adolescents, Imaging, Pneumonia, Respiratory Conditions, Community-Acquired Infections