Return Visits to the Emergency Department Among Febrile Children 3 to 36 Months of Age

Pediatric Emergency Care

Volumn 27, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1126-1129

  Klein Kremer, Adi ^a   Goldman, Ran D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Fever; Pain; Predischarge evaluation; Return visits

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CANADA; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; FEVER; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; PAIN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RECURRENT DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS; TIME; UTILIZATION REVIEW; VIRUS INFECTION;

BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; BRITISH COLUMBIA; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PAIN; PATIENT READMISSION; RECURRENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; TRIAGE; VIRUS DISEASES;

EID: 84860295462     PISSN: 07495161     EISSN: 15351815     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PEC.0b013e31823a3e86     Document Type: Article

References (27)

1. Ishimine P. Fever without source in children 0 to 36 months of age. Pediatr Clin North Am. 2006; 53: 167-194.
2. Betz MG, Grunfeld AF. “Fever phobia” in the emergency department: a survey of children’s caregivers. Eur J Emerg Med. 2006; 13: 129-133.
3. Baer RB, Pasternack JS, Zwemer FL Jr. Recently discharged inpatients as a source of emergency department overcrowding. Acad Emerg Med. 2001; 8: 1091-1094.
4. Goh SH, Masayu MMZ, Teo PSL, et al., Unplanned returns to the accident and emergency department-why do they come back? Ann Acad Med. 1996; 25: 541-546.
5. O’Dwyer F, Bodiwala GG. Unscheduled return visits by patients to the accident and emergency department. Arch Emerg Med. 1991; 8: 196-200.
6. Pierce JM, Kellerman AL, Oster C. “Bounces”: an analysis of short-term return visits to a public hospital emergency department. Ann Emerg Med. 1990; 19: 752-757.
7. Lerman B, Kobernick MS. Return visits to the emergency department. J Emerg Med. 1987; 5: 359-362.
8. Keith KD, Bocka JJ, Kobernick MS, et al., Emergency department revisits. Ann Emerg Med. 1989; 18: 964-968.
9. Liaw SJ, Bullard MJ, Hu PM, et al., Rates and causes of emergency department revisits within 72 hours. J Formos Med Assoc. 1999; 98: 422-425.
10. Kelly AM, Chirnside AM, Curry CH. An analysis of unscheduled return visits to an urban emergency department. N Z Med J. 1993; 106: 334-336.
11. Raso SM, Fernandez JB, Ronco V, et al., Los ninos que repiten consulta en urgencias de pediatria. An Esp Pediatr. 2000; 52: 542-547.
12. Jacobstein CR, Alessandrini EA, Lavelle JM, et al., Risk factors for unscheduled revisits to a pediatric emergency department. Presented at the Pediatric Academic Societies’ Annual Meeting; 2002; Baltimore, MD. Abstract 562.
13. Pirie JR, Jarvis A, Davies N. Factors responsible for pediatric emergency department return visits. Presented at the Pediatric Academic Societies’ Annual Meeting; May 2000; Boston, MA. Abstract 678.
14. Weinstock B. Factors impacting on returns to a pediatric emergency department. AJDC. 1993; 147: 425.
15. Depiero AD, Ochsenschlager DW, Chamberlain JM. Analysis of pediatric hospitalizations after emergency department release as a quality improvement tool. Ann Emerg Med. 2002; 39: 159-163.
16. Zimmerman DR, McCarten-Gibbs KA, DeNoble DH, et al., Repeat pediatric visits to a general emergency department. Ann Emerg Med. 1996; 28: 467-473.
17. Alessandrini EA, Lavelle JM, Grenfell SM, et al., Return visits to a pediatric emergency department. Pediatr Emerg Care. 2004; 20: 166-171.
18. Adekoya N. Patients seen in emergency departments who had a prior visit within the previous 72 h-National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey, 2002. Public Health. 2005; 119: 914-918.
19. Goldman RD, Ong M, Macpherson A. Unscheduled return visits to the pediatric emergency department-one-year experience. Pediatr Emerg Care. 2006; 22: 545-549.
20. Haddon RA, Barnett PL, Grimwood K, et al., Bacteraemia in febrile children presenting to a paediatric emergency department. Med J Aust. 1999; 170: 475-478.
21. The Canadian Triage & Acuity Scale (CTAS) for emergency departments. Available at: http://www.caep.ca/002.policies/002-02.ctas.htm.
22. Schmitt BD. Fever phobia: misconceptions of parents about fevers. Am J Dis Child. 1980; 134: 176-181.
23. Crocetti M, Moghbeli N, Serwint J. Fever phobia revisited: have parental misconceptions about fever changed in 20 years? Pediatrics. 2001; 107: 1241-1246.
24. Goldman RD, Scolnik D. Underdosing of acetaminophen by parents and emergency department utilization. Pediatr Emerg Care. 2004; 20: 89-93.
25. Walsh A, Edwards H, Fraser J. Influences on parents’ fever management: beliefs, experiences and information sources. J Clin Nurs. 2007; 16: 2331-2340.
26. Timm NL, Ho ML, Luria JW. Pediatric emergency department overcrowding and impact on patient flow outcomes. Acad Emerg Med. 2008; 15: 832-837.
27. O’Neill-Murphy K, Liebman M, Barnsteiner JH. Fever education: does it reduce parent fever anxiety? Pediatr Emerg Care. 2001; 17: 47-51.