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Willis ZI, Oliveira CR, Abzug MJ, Anosike BI, Ardura MI, Bio LL, Boguniewicz J, Chiotos K, Downes K, Grapentine SP, Hersh AL, Heston SM, Hijano DR, Huskins WC, James SH, Jones S, Lockowitz CR, Lloyd EC, MacBrayne C, Maron GM, Hayes McDonough M, Miller CM, Morton TH, Olivero RM, Orscheln RC, Schwenk HT, Singh P, Soma VL, Sue PK, Vora SB, Nakamura MM, Wolf J. Guidance for prevention and management of COVID-19 in children and adolescents: A consensus statement from the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society Pediatric COVID-19 Therapies Taskforce. J Pediatric Infect Dis Soc 2024; 13:159-185. [PMID: 38339996 DOI: 10.1093/jpids/piad116] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/16/2023] [Accepted: 12/27/2023] [Indexed: 02/12/2024]
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BACKGROUND Since November 2019, the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic has created challenges for preventing and managing COVID-19 in children and adolescents. Most research to develop new therapeutic interventions or to repurpose existing ones has been undertaken in adults, and although most cases of infection in pediatric populations are mild, there have been many cases of critical and fatal infection. Understanding the risk factors for severe illness and the evidence for safety, efficacy, and effectiveness of therapies for COVID-19 in children is necessary to optimize therapy. METHODS A panel of experts in pediatric infectious diseases, pediatric infectious diseases pharmacology, and pediatric intensive care medicine from 21 geographically diverse North American institutions was re-convened. Through a series of teleconferences and web-based surveys and a systematic review with meta-analysis of data for risk factors, a guidance statement comprising a series of recommendations for risk stratification, treatment, and prevention of COVID-19 was developed and refined based on expert consensus. RESULTS There are identifiable clinical characteristics that enable risk stratification for patients at risk for severe COVID-19. These risk factors can be used to guide the treatment of hospitalized and non-hospitalized children and adolescents with COVID-19 and to guide preventative therapy where options remain available.
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Affiliation(s)
- Zachary I Willis
- Department of Pediatrics, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of Colorado School of Medicine and Children's Hospital Colorado, Aurora, CO, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, The Children's Hospital at Montefiore and Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, ID Host Defense Program, Nationwide Children's Hospital & The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA
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- Department of Pharmacy, Lucile Packard Children's Hospital, Stanford, CA, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of Colorado School of Medicine and Children's Hospital Colorado, Aurora, CO, USA
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- Departments of Anesthesiology, Critical Care Medicine, and Pediatrics, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Divisions of Critical Care Medicine and Infectious Diseases, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, Perelman School of Medicine of the University of Pennsylvania, Division of Infectious Diseases, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Department of Pharmacy, University of California San Francisco Benioff Children's Hospital, San Francisco, CA, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC, USA
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital and Department of Pediatrics, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, TN, USA
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- Department of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA
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- Department of Pharmacy, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital and Department of Pediatrics, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, TN, USA
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- Center for Healthcare Quality & Analytics, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA
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- Department of Pharmacy, St Jude's Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics and Human Development, Michigan State College of Human Medicine and Helen DeVos Children's Hospital of Corewell Health, Grand Rapids, MI, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, Stanford School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, NYU Grossman School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of Washington School of Medicine, and Division of Infectious Diseases, Seattle Children's Hospital, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Antimicrobial Stewardship Program and Division of Infectious Diseases, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital and Department of Pediatrics, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, TN, USA
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Manice CS, Muralidhar N, Campbell JI, Nakamura MM. Implementation and Perceived Effectiveness of Prospective Audit and Feedback and Preauthorization by US Pediatric Antimicrobial Stewardship Programs. J Pediatric Infect Dis Soc 2024; 13:117-122. [PMID: 38109895 PMCID: PMC10896254 DOI: 10.1093/jpids/piad112] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/22/2023] [Accepted: 12/15/2023] [Indexed: 12/20/2023]
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BACKGROUND Antimicrobial stewardship programs (ASPs) promote optimal antimicrobial use to prevent resistance, improve outcomes, and reduce costs. We explored how pediatric ASPs enact prospective audit and feedback (PAF) and preauthorization and characterized programs' perceptions of how these choices affected attainment of stewardship goals. METHODS We conducted focus groups with US pediatric ASP practitioners, organized by predominant strategy: PAF, preauthorization, or a hybrid. We asked open-ended questions about organization, staffing, and operation of these strategies, as well as rationales for and perceived advantages and disadvantages of these choices. We used applied thematic analysis to analyze transcripts, organizing coded text into themes and categories. We formulated a conceptual model for how the design and performance of PAF and preauthorization affect stewardship goals and stewards' work experiences. RESULTS Eighteen physicians and 14 pharmacists from 24 hospitals participated in five focus groups. Stewards described myriad advantages and limitations of PAF and preauthorization that support or detract from stewardship goals. For example, PAF uncovered institutional trends in antibiotic use and fostered relationship building but was time-consuming. Preauthorization efficiently reduced broad-spectrum antimicrobial use, yet offered limited educational opportunities. How these strategies facilitated or impeded appropriate antimicrobial use in turn affected stewards' professional satisfaction, creating a feedback loop that could reinforced positive or negative outcomes. CONCLUSIONS ASPs reported differing emphasis on and implementation of PAF and preauthorization. Each strategy entailed contrasting benefits and trade-offs for steward satisfaction and perceived efficacy, suggesting that a hybrid approach could enable ASPs to maximize strengths of each to mitigate drawbacks of the other.
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- Christina S Manice
- Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Boston Children’s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
- Department of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Boston Children’s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Boston Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
- Department of Pediatrics, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Boston Children’s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
- Antimicrobial Stewardship Program, Boston Children’s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
- Department of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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Yarahuan JK, Kisvarday S, Kim E, Yan AP, Nakamura MM, Jones SB, Hron JD. An Algorithm to Assess Guideline Concordance of Antibiotic Choice in Community-Acquired Pneumonia. Hosp Pediatr 2024; 14:137-145. [PMID: 38287897 PMCID: PMC10823186 DOI: 10.1542/hpeds.2023-007418] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2024]
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BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE This study aimed to develop and evaluate an algorithm to reduce the chart review burden of improvement efforts by automatically labeling antibiotic selection as either guideline-concordant or -discordant based on electronic health record data for patients with community-acquired pneumonia (CAP). METHODS We developed a 3-part algorithm using structured and unstructured data to assess adherence to an institutional CAP clinical practice guideline. The algorithm was applied to retrospective data for patients seen with CAP from 2017 to 2019 at a tertiary children's hospital. Performance metrics included positive predictive value (precision), sensitivity (recall), and F1 score (harmonized mean), with macro-weighted averages. Two physician reviewers independently assigned "actual" labels based on manual chart review. RESULTS Of 1345 patients with CAP, 893 were included in the training cohort and 452 in the validation cohort. Overall, the model correctly labeled 435 of 452 (96%) patients. Of the 286 patients who met guideline inclusion criteria, 193 (68%) were labeled as having received guideline-concordant antibiotics, 48 (17%) were labeled as likely in a scenario in which deviation from the clinical practice guideline was appropriate, and 45 (16%) were given the final label of "possibly discordant, needs review." The sensitivity was 0.96, the positive predictive value was 0.97, and the F1 was 0.96. CONCLUSIONS An automated algorithm that uses structured and unstructured electronic health record data can accurately assess the guideline concordance of antibiotic selection for CAP. This tool has the potential to improve the efficiency of improvement efforts by reducing the manual chart review needed for quality measurement.
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- Julia K.W. Yarahuan
- />Department of Pediatrics, Divisions of General Pediatrics
- Department of Pediatrics, Emory University School of Medicine and Division of Hospital Medicine, Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta, Atlanta, Georgia
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- Hematology and Oncology
- Department of Pediatrics, The University of Toronto and Division of Hematology Oncology, The Hospital of Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Antimicrobial Stewardship Program
- Department of Pharmacy, Boston Children’s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts
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Aparicio C, Willis ZI, Nakamura MM, Wolf J, Little C, Maron GM, Sue PK, Anosike BI, Miller C, Bio LL, Singh P, James SH, Oliveira CR. Risk Factors for Pediatric Critical COVID-19: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. medRxiv 2024:2024.01.17.24301452. [PMID: 38293040 PMCID: PMC10827273 DOI: 10.1101/2024.01.17.24301452] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2024]
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Background Risk stratification is a cornerstone of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society COVID-19 treatment guidance. This systematic review and meta-analysis aimed to define the clinical characteristics and comorbidities associated with critical COVID-19 in children and adolescents. Methods Two independent reviewers screened the literature (Medline and EMBASE) for studies published through August 2023 that reported outcome data on patients aged ≤21 years with COVID-19. Critical disease was defined as an invasive mechanical ventilation requirement, intensive care unit admission, or death. Random effects models were used to estimate pooled odds ratios (OR) with 95% confidence intervals (CI), and heterogeneity was explored through subgroup analyses. Results Among 10,178 articles, 136 studies met the inclusion criteria for review. Data from 70 studies, which collectively examined 172,165 children and adolescents with COVID-19, were pooled for meta-analysis. In previously healthy children, the absolute risk of critical disease from COVID-19 was 4% (95% CI, 1%-10%). Compared with no comorbidities, the pooled OR for critical disease was 3.95 (95% CI, 2.78-5.63) for presence of one comorbidity and 9.51 (95% CI, 5.62-16.06) for ≥2 comorbidities. Key risk factors included cardiovascular and neurological disorders, chronic pulmonary conditions (excluding asthma), diabetes, obesity, and immunocompromise, all with statistically significant ORs >2.00. Conclusions While the absolute risk for critical COVID-19 in children and adolescents without underlying health conditions is relatively low, the presence of one or more comorbidities was associated with markedly increased risk. These findings support the importance of risk stratification in tailoring pediatric COVID-19 management.
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- Camila Aparicio
- Department of Pediatrics, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, NC
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- Antimicrobial Stewardship Program and Division of Infectious Diseases, Boston Children’s Hospital, Boston, MA
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital and Department of Pediatrics, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, TN
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- Department of Pediatrics, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital and Department of Pediatrics, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, TN
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- Department of Pediatrics, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, NY
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- Department of Pediatrics, The Children’s Hospital at Montefiore and Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY
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- Department of Pediatrics, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT
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- Department of Pharmacy, Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital, Stanford, CA
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
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- Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL
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- Department of Pediatrics, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT
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Naureckas Li C, Herman K, Yim R, Nakamura MM, Chu E, Wilder JL, Alfieri M, Ethier B, Esty B. Impact of a Documented Penicillin Allergy on Antibiotic Selection in Pediatric Patients With Osteomyelitis. Pediatr Infect Dis J 2023; 42:e140-e142. [PMID: 36795541 DOI: 10.1097/inf.0000000000003863] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/17/2023]
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Penicillin allergy labels are common in hospitalized patients, and there is a frequent misconception that these patients cannot receive cephalosporins. Through retrospective review, we found that patients with reported penicillin allergies were significantly less likely to receive first-line therapy for acute hematogenous osteomyelitis.
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- Caitlin Naureckas Li
- From the Division of Infectious Diseases, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts
- Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
- Department of Pediatrics
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- From the Division of Infectious Diseases, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts
- Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
- Antimicrobial Stewardship Program
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- Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
- Department of Pediatrics
- Division of General Pediatrics
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- Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
- Division of Immunology, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts
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Sherman G, Lamb GS, Sharma TS, Lloyd EC, Nagel J, Dandam NN, Oliveira CR, Sheikha HS, Anosike BI, Lee P, Vora SB, Patel K, Sue PK, Rubbab B, Yarbrough AM, Ganapathi L, Nakamura MM. Monoclonal Antibody Use for Coronavirus Disease 2019 in Pediatric Patients: A Multicenter Retrospective Study. J Pediatric Infect Dis Soc 2023; 12:152-155. [PMID: 36928172 PMCID: PMC10112679 DOI: 10.1093/jpids/piac124] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/26/2022] [Accepted: 11/23/2022] [Indexed: 03/18/2023]
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Monoclonal antibodies for COVID-19 are authorized in high-risk patients aged ≥12 years, but evidence in pediatric patients is limited. In our cohort of 142 patients treated at seven pediatric hospitals between 12/1/20 and 7/31/21, 9% developed adverse events, 6% were admitted for COVID-19 within 30 days, and none received ventilatory support or died.
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- Gilad Sherman
- Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Pediatrics, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
- Department of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School
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- Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Pediatrics, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
- Department of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School
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- Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Pediatrics, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
- Department of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of Michigan and CS Mott Children's Hospital, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
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- Department of Pharmacy, University of Michigan and CS Mott Children's Hospital, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
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- Department of Pharmacy, University of Michigan and CS Mott Children's Hospital, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, Children's Hospital at Montefiore, New York, New York, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, Children's Hospital at Montefiore, New York, New York, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of Washington and Seattle Children's Hospital, Seattle, Washington, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, USA
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- Department of Pharmacy, Children's of Alabama, Birmingham, Alabama, USA
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- Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Pediatrics, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
- Department of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School
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- Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Pediatrics, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
- Department of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School
- Antimicrobial Stewardship Program, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
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Moffitt KL, Nakamura MM, Young CC, Newhams MM, Halasa NB, Reed JN, Fitzgerald JC, Spinella PC, Soma VL, Walker TC, Loftis LL, Maddux AB, Kong M, Rowan CM, Hobbs CV, Schuster JE, Riggs BJ, McLaughlin GE, Michelson KN, Hall MW, Babbitt CJ, Cvijanovich NZ, Zinter MS, Maamari M, Schwarz AJ, Singh AR, Flori HR, Gertz SJ, Staat MA, Giuliano JS, Hymes SR, Clouser KN, McGuire J, Carroll CL, Thomas NJ, Levy ER, Randolph AG. Community-Onset Bacterial Coinfection in Children Critically Ill With Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 Infection. Open Forum Infect Dis 2023; 10:ofad122. [PMID: 36968962 PMCID: PMC10034750 DOI: 10.1093/ofid/ofad122] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/21/2022] [Accepted: 03/02/2023] [Indexed: 03/09/2023] Open
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Background Community-onset bacterial coinfection in adults hospitalized with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is reportedly uncommon, though empiric antibiotic use has been high. However, data regarding empiric antibiotic use and bacterial coinfection in children with critical illness from COVID-19 are scarce. Methods We evaluated children and adolescents aged <19 years admitted to a pediatric intensive care or high-acuity unit for COVID-19 between March and December 2020. Based on qualifying microbiology results from the first 3 days of admission, we adjudicated whether patients had community-onset bacterial coinfection. We compared demographic and clinical characteristics of those who did and did not (1) receive antibiotics and (2) have bacterial coinfection early in admission. Using Poisson regression models, we assessed factors associated with these outcomes. Results Of the 532 patients, 63.3% received empiric antibiotics, but only 7.1% had bacterial coinfection, and only 3.0% had respiratory bacterial coinfection. In multivariable analyses, empiric antibiotics were more likely to be prescribed for immunocompromised patients (adjusted relative risk [aRR], 1.34 [95% confidence interval {CI}, 1.01-1.79]), those requiring any respiratory support except mechanical ventilation (aRR, 1.41 [95% CI, 1.05-1.90]), or those requiring invasive mechanical ventilation (aRR, 1.83 [95% CI, 1.36-2.47]) (compared with no respiratory support). The presence of a pulmonary comorbidity other than asthma (aRR, 2.31 [95% CI, 1.15-4.62]) was associated with bacterial coinfection. Conclusions Community-onset bacterial coinfection in children with critical COVID-19 is infrequent, but empiric antibiotics are commonly prescribed. These findings inform antimicrobial use and support rapid de-escalation when evaluation shows coinfection is unlikely.
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- Kristin L Moffitt
- Division of Infectious Diseases, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
- Department of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Division of Infectious Diseases, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
- Department of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
- Antimicrobial Stewardship Program, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Critical Care, and Pain Medicine, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Critical Care, and Pain Medicine, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Department of Pediatrics, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, USA
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- Division of Critical Care, Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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- Division of Critical Care, Department of Pediatrics, Washington University School of Medicine in St Louis, St Louis, Missouri, USA
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- Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Department of Pediatrics, New York University Grossman School of Medicine, Hassenfeld Children's Hospital, New York, New York, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Children’s Hospital, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA
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- Division of Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, Section of Critical Care Medicine, University of Colorado School of Medicine and Children’s Hospital Colorado, Aurora, Colorado, USA
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- Division of Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, USA
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- Division of Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Indiana University School of Medicine, Riley Hospital for Children, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, Division of Disease, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, Mississippi, USA
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- Division of Pediatric Infectious Disease, Department of Pediatrics, Children’s Mercy Kansas City, Kansas City, Missouri, USA
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- Division of Pediatric Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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- Division of Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, Florida, USA
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- Division of Critical Care Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Ann and Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA
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- Division of Critical Care Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Nationwide Children’s Hospital, Columbus, Ohio, USA
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- Division of Critical Care Medicine, University of California, San Francisco Benioff Children’s Hospital,Oakland, California, USA
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- School of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Division of Critical Care Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, Division of Critical Care Medicine, University of Texas Southwestern, Children’s Health Medical Center Dallas, Dallas, Texas, USA
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- Division of Critical Care Medicine, Children’s Hospital Orange County, Orange, California, USA
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- Pediatric Critical Care Division, Maria Fareri Children’s Hospital at Westchester Medical Center and New York Medical College, Valhalla, New York, USA
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- Division of Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Mott Children's Hospital and University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
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- Division of Pediatric Critical Care, Department of Pediatrics, Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center, Livingston, New Jersey, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, Division of Critical Care, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
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- Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Stony Brook Children's Hospital, Renaissance School of Medicine, Stony Brook, New York, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine, Hackensack, New Jersey, USA
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- Division of Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Seattle Children’s Hospital and the University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, Penn State Hershey Children's Hospital, Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine, Hershey, Pennsylvania, USA
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- Divisions of Pediatric Infectious Diseases and Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, Department of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
- Department of Anesthesiology, Critical Care, and Pain Medicine, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
- Department of Anaesthesia, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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Halasa NB, Spieker AJ, Young CC, Olson SM, Newhams MM, Amarin JZ, Moffitt KL, Nakamura MM, Levy ER, Soma VL, Talj R, Weiss SL, Fitzgerald JC, Mack EH, Maddux AB, Schuster JE, Coates BM, Hall MW, Schwartz SP, Schwarz AJ, Kong M, Spinella PC, Loftis LL, McLaughlin GE, Hobbs CV, Rowan CM, Bembea MM, Nofziger RA, Babbitt CJ, Bowens C, Flori HR, Gertz SJ, Zinter MS, Giuliano JS, Hume JR, Cvijanovich NZ, Singh AR, Crandall HA, Thomas NJ, Cullimore ML, Patel MM, Randolph AG. Life-Threatening Complications of Influenza vs Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) in US Children. Clin Infect Dis 2023; 76:e280-e290. [PMID: 35717646 PMCID: PMC9384330 DOI: 10.1093/cid/ciac477] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/09/2022] [Revised: 05/06/2022] [Accepted: 06/08/2022] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Clinical differences between critical illness from influenza infection vs coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) have not been well characterized in pediatric patients. METHODS We compared demographics, clinical characteristics, and outcomes of US children (aged 8 months to 17 years) admitted to the intensive care or high-acuity unit with influenza or COVID-19. Using mixed-effects models, we assessed the odds of death or requiring life support for influenza vs COVID-19 after adjustment for age, sex, race and Hispanic origin, and underlying conditions including obesity. RESULTS Children with influenza (n = 179) were younger than those with COVID-19 (n = 381; median, 5.2 years vs 13.8 years), less likely to be non-Hispanic Black (14.5% vs 27.6%) or Hispanic (24.0% vs 36.2%), and less likely to have ≥1 underlying condition (66.4% vs 78.5%) or be obese (21.4% vs 42.2%), and a shorter hospital stay (median, 5 days vs 7 days). They were similarly likely to require invasive mechanical ventilation (both 30.2%), vasopressor support (19.6% and 19.9%), or extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (2.2% and 2.9%). Four children with influenza (2.2%) and 11 children with COVID-19 (2.9%) died. The odds of death or requiring life support in children with influenza vs COVID-19 were similar (adjusted odds ratio, 1.30; 95% confidence interval, .78-2.15; P = .32). CONCLUSIONS Despite differences in demographics and clinical characteristics of children with influenza or COVID-19, the frequency of life-threatening complications was similar. Our findings highlight the importance of implementing prevention measures to reduce transmission and disease severity of influenza and COVID-19.
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- Natasha B Halasa
- Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Department of Pediatrics, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee, USA
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- Department of Biostatistics, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee, USA
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Critical Care, and Pain Medicine, Boston Children’s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- COVID-19 Response, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Critical Care, and Pain Medicine, Boston Children’s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Department of Pediatrics, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee, USA
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- Division of Infectious Diseases, Boston Children’s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA,Department of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Division of Infectious Diseases, Boston Children’s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA,Department of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA,Antimicrobial Stewardship Program, Boston Children’s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Divisions of Pediatric Infectious Diseases and Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, Department of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, Division of Infectious Diseases, New York University Grossman School of Medicine and Hassenfeld Children’s Hospital, New York, New York, USA
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- Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Department of Pediatrics, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee, USA
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- Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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- Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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- Division of Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, Section of Critical Care Medicine, University of Colorado School of Medicine and Children’s Hospital Colorado, Aurora, Colorado, USA
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- Division of Pediatric Infectious Disease, Department of Pediatrics, Children’s Mercy Kansas City, Kansas City, Missouri, USA
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- Division of Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, USA
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- Division of Critical Care Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Nationwide Children’s Hospital, Columbus, Ohio, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, Division of Critical Care, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA
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- Division of Critical Care Medicine, Children's Hospital Orange County (CHOC), Orange, California, USA
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- Division of Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, USA
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- Division of Critical Care, Department of Pediatrics, Washington University School of Medicine in St Louis, St. Louis, Missouri, USA
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- Section of Critical Care Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Texas Children’s Hospital, Houston, Texas, USA
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- Division of Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, Florida, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, Department of Microbiology, Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, Mississippi, USA
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- Division of Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Indiana University School of Medicine, Riley Hospital for Children, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
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- Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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- Division of Critical Care Medicine, Akron Children’s Hospital, Akron, Ohio, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, Division of Critical Care Medicine, University of Texas Southwestern, Children’s Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, USA
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- Division of Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Mott Children’s Hospital and University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
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- Division of Pediatric Critical Care, Department of Pediatrics, Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center, Livingston, New Jersey, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, Division of Critical Care, University of California–San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, Division of Critical Care, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
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- Division of Pediatric Critical Care, University of Minnesota Masonic Children’s Hospital, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
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- Division of Critical Care Medicine, University of California–San Francisco Benioff Children’s Hospital Oakland, Oakland, California, USA
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- Pediatric Critical Care Division, Maria Fareri Children's Hospital at Westchester Medical Center and New York Medical College, Valhalla, New York, USA
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- Division of Pediatric Critical Care, Department of Pediatrics, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, Penn State Hershey Children’s Hospital, Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine, Hershey, Pennsylvania, USA
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- Division of Pediatric Critical Care, Department of Pediatrics, Children’s Hospital and Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska, USA
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- Correspondence: Adrienne G. Randolph, Boston Children’s Hospital, 300 Longwood Avenue Bader 634, Boston, MA, USA 02115 ()
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Sherman G, Lamb GS, Platt CD, Wessels MR, Chochua S, Nakamura MM. Simultaneous Late, Late-Onset Group B Streptococcal Meningitis in Identical Twins. Clin Pediatr (Phila) 2023; 62:96-99. [PMID: 35883267 DOI: 10.1177/00099228221113630] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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To our knowledge, late, late-onset group B streptococcal (GBS) meningitis in identical twins has yet to be reported. We describe a case of 14-week-old twins who developed fever hours apart and presented simultaneously to the emergency department 2 days later with seizures. Blood and cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) cultures from both infants were positive for GBS. Their clinical courses were highly similar, with magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) demonstrating ventriculitis and subdural empyema, complicated by clinical and subclinical seizures requiring quadruple antiepileptic treatment. The CSF was sterile for both on follow-up lumbar puncture 48 hours after the initial positive CSF culture. Both showed marked improvement on antimicrobial and antiepileptic therapy, with fever resolving after 5 days of therapy, control of seizures, and slowly improving MRI findings. Twin A received a 6-week course of penicillin, whereas twin B received 6 weeks plus an additional 10 days due to persistent left cochlear enhancement consistent with labyrinthitis. Evaluation for an underlying primary immunodeficiency was negative. Genomic analysis revealed that the patients' CSF GBS isolates were essentially identical and of capsular polysaccharide serotype Ia.
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- Gilad Sherman
- Department of Pediatrics, Division of Infectious Diseases, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.,Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, Division of Infectious Diseases, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.,Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.,Department of Pediatrics, Division of Immunology, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, Division of Infectious Diseases, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.,Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Respiratory Diseases Branch, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, Division of Infectious Diseases, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.,Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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Li CN, Herman K, Yim R, Nakamura MM, Chu E, Wilder J, Alfieri M, Ethier B, Esty B. 1662. Impact of a Documented Penicillin Allergy on Antibiotic Selection in Patients with Osteomyelitis. Open Forum Infect Dis 2022. [PMCID: PMC9752080 DOI: 10.1093/ofid/ofac492.128] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022] Open
Abstract
Background Penicillin allergy is the most commonly reported drug allergy, affecting approximately 10% of patients. Although historically there has been concern about administering cephalosporins to patients allergic to penicillin, the rates of cross-reactivity are only approximately 2%. As cephalosporins are the first-line and safest treatment for many infections, unnecessary avoidance of cephalosporins places patients at risk of poor disease outcomes and antibiotic-associated harms. We assessed the relationship between penicillin allergy label and antibiotic selection in pediatric patients with acute osteomyelitis.
Methods We performed a retrospective review of inpatients at our quaternary children’s hospital diagnosed with osteomyelitis between 2011 and 2021. During this period, the institutional osteomyelitis clinical pathway recommended clindamycin for patients with cephalosporin but not penicillin allergy. We compared rates of antibiotics used as definitive therapy between patients with and without documented penicillin allergy. Results Of 365 patients hospitalized with a diagnosis of osteomyelitis, 41 (11.2%) had a documented penicillin allergy. First-generation cephalosporins were administered less frequently to penicillin-allergic patients compared with those without documented penicillin allergy (37% vs. 58%, p=.009), while clindamycin was administered more frequently (22% vs. 10%, p=.02). There was no significant difference in vancomycin use (2% vs. 9%, p=.17). Conclusion Patients with osteomyelitis and a penicillin allergy label were significantly less likely to receive a first-generation cephalosporin and significantly more likely to receive clindamycin. Given higher regional resistance rates and more frequent adverse effects, including Clostridioides difficile infection, of clindamycin relative to first-generation cephalosporins, these data support the need for quality improvement work to increase cephalosporin use in patients with penicillin allergy labels. Disclosures Mari M. Nakamura, MD, MPH, Gilead: Grant/Research Support.
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- Boston Children's Hospital, Riverside, Illinois
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- Boston Children's Hospital/Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Boston Children's Hospital, Riverside, Illinois
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Bhimraj A, Morgan RL, Shumaker AH, Baden L, Cheng VCC, Edwards KM, Gallagher JC, Gandhi RT, Muller WJ, Nakamura MM, O’Horo JC, Shafer RW, Shoham S, Murad MH, Mustafa RA, Sultan S, Falck-Ytter Y. Infectious Diseases Society of America Guidelines on the Treatment and Management of Patients with COVID-19. Clin Infect Dis 2022:ciac724. [PMID: 36063397 PMCID: PMC9494372 DOI: 10.1093/cid/ciac724] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 24.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/25/2022] [Accepted: 08/30/2022] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
Abstract
BACKGROUND There are many pharmacologic therapies that are being used or considered for treatment of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), with rapidly changing efficacy and safety evidence from trials. OBJECTIVE Develop evidence-based, rapid, living guidelines intended to support patients, clinicians, and other healthcare professionals in their decisions about treatment and management of patients with COVID-19. METHODS In March 2020, the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) formed a multidisciplinary guideline panel of infectious disease clinicians, pharmacists, and methodologists with varied areas of expertise to regularly review the evidence and make recommendations about the treatment and management of persons with COVID-19. The process used a living guideline approach and followed a rapid recommendation development checklist. The panel prioritized questions and outcomes. A systematic review of the peer-reviewed and grey literature was conducted at regular intervals. The Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development and Evaluation (GRADE) approach was used to assess the certainty of evidence and make recommendations. RESULTS Based on the most recent search conducted on May 31, 2022, the IDSA guideline panel has made 30 recommendations for the treatment and management of the following groups/populations: pre- and post-exposure prophylaxis, ambulatory with mild-to-moderate disease, hospitalized with mild-to-moderate, severe but not critical, and critical disease. As these are living guidelines, the most recent recommendations can be found online at: https://idsociety.org/COVID19guidelines. CONCLUSIONS At the inception of its work, the panel has expressed the overarching goal that patients be recruited into ongoing trials. Since then, many trials were done which provided much needed evidence for COVID-19 therapies. There still remain many unanswered questions as the pandemic evolved which we hope future trials can answer.
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- Adarsh Bhimraj
- Division of Infectious Diseases, Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston, Texas
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- Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence and Impact, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
- Department of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, School of Medicine, Cleveland, Ohio
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- Department of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, School of Medicine, Cleveland, Ohio
- VA Northeast Ohio Healthcare System, Cleveland, Ohio
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- Queen Mary Hospital, Department of Microbiology, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China
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- Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Pediatrics, Vanderbilt University Medical Center,Nashville, Tennessee
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- Department of Pharmacy Practice, Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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- Infectious Diseases Division, Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago and Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois
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- Antimicrobial Stewardship Program and Division of Infectious Diseases, Boston Children’s Hospital and Department of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Division of Infectious Diseases, Joint Appointment Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota
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- Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Stanford University, Palo Alto, California
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- Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland
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- Division of Public Health, Infectious Diseases and Occupational Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota
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- Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, Kansas
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- Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis VA Healthcare System, Minneapolis, Minnesota
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- Department of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, School of Medicine, Cleveland, Ohio
- VA Northeast Ohio Healthcare System, Cleveland, Ohio
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Campbell JI, Dubois MM, Savage TJ, Hood-Pishchany MI, Sharma TS, Petty CR, Lamb GS, Nakamura MM. Comorbidities Associated with Hospitalization and Progression Among Adolescents with Symptomatic Coronavirus Disease 2019. J Pediatr 2022; 245:102-110.e2. [PMID: 35240138 PMCID: PMC8883759 DOI: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2022.02.048] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/15/2021] [Revised: 02/16/2022] [Accepted: 02/23/2022] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To identify subgroups likely to benefit from monoclonal antibody and antiviral therapy by evaluating the relationship between comorbidities and hospitalization among US adolescents with symptomatic coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). STUDY DESIGN We analyzed the relationship between presence of comorbidities and need for hospitalization within 28 days of COVID-19 diagnosis for adolescents aged 12-17 years listed in the Pediatric COVID-19 US registry, a multicenter retrospective cohort of US pediatric patients with COVID-19. Comorbidities assessed included obesity, chronic kidney disease (CKD), diabetes, immunosuppressive disease or treatment, sickle cell disease (SCD), heart disease, neurologic disease/neurodevelopmental disorders, and pulmonary disease (excluding patients with mild asthma). We used multivariable logistic regression to determine race/ethnicity-adjusted associations between comorbidities and hospitalization. RESULTS A total of 1877 patients met our inclusion criteria, of whom 284 (15%) were hospitalized within 28 days of their COVID-19 diagnosis. In a race/ethnicity-adjusted model, the following comorbidities were independently associated with increased odds of hospitalization: SCD (aOR, 6.9; 95% CI, 3.0-15.9), immunocompromising condition (aOR, 6.4; 95% CI, 3.8-10.8), obesity (aOR, 3.2; 95% CI, 2.1-4.9), diabetes (aOR, 3.0; 95% CI, 1.4-6.2), neurologic disease (aOR, 2.8; 95% CI, 1.8-4.3), and pulmonary disease (excluding mild asthma) (aOR, 1.9; 95% CI, 1.2-3.1). Heart disease and CKD were not independently associated with hospitalization. CONCLUSIONS SCD, immunocompromising conditions, obesity, diabetes, neurologic disease, and pulmonary disease (excluding mild asthma) were associated with hospitalization for symptomatic COVID-19. Adolescents with acute COVID-19 and these comorbidities should be prioritized for consideration of therapy to avert hospitalization.
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- Jeffrey I. Campbell
- Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Pediatrics, Boston Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
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- Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Pediatrics, Boston Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
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- Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Pediatrics, Boston Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA,Division of Pharmacoepidemiology and Pharmacoeconomics, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA
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- Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Pediatrics, Boston Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
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- Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Pediatrics, Boston Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
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- Institutional Centers for Clinical and Translational Research, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA; and
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- Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Pediatrics, Boston Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
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- Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Pediatrics, Boston Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA,Antimicrobial Stewardship Program, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA,Reprint requests: Mari M. Nakamura, MD, MPH, Antimicrobial Stewardship Program, Boston Children's Hospital, 300 Longwood Ave, Mailstop BCH 3052, Boston, MA 02115
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Wolf J, Abzug MJ, Anosike BI, Vora SB, Waghmare A, Sue PK, Olivero RM, Oliveira CR, James SH, Morton TH, Maron GM, Young JL, Orscheln RC, Schwenk HT, Bio LL, Willis ZI, Lloyd EC, Hersh AL, Huskins CW, Soma VL, Ratner AJ, Hayes M, Downes K, Chiotos K, Grapentine SP, Wattier RL, Lamb GS, Zachariah P, Nakamura MM. Updated Guidance on Use and Prioritization of Monoclonal Antibody Therapy for Treatment of COVID-19 in Adolescents. J Pediatric Infect Dis Soc 2022; 11:177-185. [PMID: 35107571 PMCID: PMC8903349 DOI: 10.1093/jpids/piab124] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/13/2021] [Accepted: 11/22/2021] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
Abstract
BACKGROUND Starting in November 2020, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued Emergency Use Authorizations (EUAs) for multiple novel virus-neutralizing monoclonal antibody therapies, including bamlanivimab monotherapy (now revoked), bamlanivimab and etesivimab, casirivimab and imdevimab (REGEN-COV), and sotrovimab, for treatment or postexposure prophylaxis of Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in adolescents (≥12 years of age) and adults with certain high-risk conditions. Previous guidance is now updated based on new evidence and clinical experience. METHODS A panel of experts in pediatric infectious diseases, pediatric infectious diseases pharmacotherapy, and pediatric critical care medicine from 18 geographically diverse US institutions was convened. Through a series of teleconferences and web-based surveys, a guidance statement was developed and refined based on a review of the best available evidence and expert opinion. RESULTS The course of COVID-19 in children and adolescents is typically mild, though more severe disease is occasionally observed. Evidence supporting risk stratification is incomplete. Randomized controlled trials have demonstrated the benefit of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2)-specific monoclonal antibody therapies in adults, but data on safety and efficacy in children or adolescents are limited. Potential harms associated with infusion reactions or anaphylaxis are reportedly low in adults. CONCLUSIONS Based on evidence available as of August 31, 2021, the panel suggests a risk-based approach to administration of SARS-CoV-2 monoclonal antibody therapy. Therapy is suggested for the treatment of mild to moderate COVID-19 in adolescents (≥12 years of age) at the highest risk of progression to hospitalization or severe disease. Therapeutic decision-making about those at moderate risk of severe disease should be individualized. Use as postexposure prophylaxis could be considered for those at the highest risk who have a high-risk exposure but are not yet diagnosed with COVID-19. Clinicians and health systems should ensure safe and timely implementation of these therapeutics that does not exacerbate existing healthcare disparities.
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- Joshua Wolf
- Department of Infectious Diseases, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of Colorado School of Medicine and Children's Hospital Colorado, Aurora, Colorado, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, Children's Hospital at Montefiore, New York, New York, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of Washington and Seattle Children's Hospital, Seattle, Washington, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of Washington and Seattle Children's Hospital, Seattle, Washington, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics and Human Development, Helen DeVos Children's Hospital of Spectrum Health, Michigan State College of Human Medicine, Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, USA
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- Department of Pharmacy, St Jude's Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee, USA
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee, USA
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- Department of Pharmacy, Washington University and St. Louis Children's Hospital, St. Louis, Missouri, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, Washington University and St. Louis Children's Hospital, St. Louis, Missouri, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, Stanford University School of Medicine and Lucile Packard Children's Hospital Stanford, Stanford, California, USA
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- Department of Pharmacy, Stanford University School of Medicine and Lucile Packard Children's Hospital Stanford, Stanford, California, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of North Carolina Chapel Hill School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of Michigan and CS Mott Children's Hospital, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of Utah and Primary Children's Hospital, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science, Rochester, Minnesota, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, Hassenfeld Children's Hospital, NYU Grossman School of Medicine, New York, New York, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, Hassenfeld Children's Hospital, NYU Grossman School of Medicine, New York, New York, USA
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- Center for Healthcare Quality & Analytics, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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- Department of Anesthesia and Critical Care Medicine, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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- Department of Pharmacy, University of California-San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of California-San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, Division of Infectious Diseases, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, New York, USA
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- Antimicrobial Stewardship Program and Department of Pediatrics, Division of Infectious Diseases, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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Anosike BI, Ganapathy V, Nakamura MM. Epidemiology and Management of Orbital Cellulitis in Children. J Pediatric Infect Dis Soc 2022; 11:214-220. [PMID: 35438766 PMCID: PMC9155619 DOI: 10.1093/jpids/piac006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/20/2021] [Accepted: 02/04/2022] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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BACKGROUND The epidemiology of orbital cellulitis likely has evolved due to the emergence of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) and the adoption of pneumococcal conjugate vaccination. In the absence of published guidelines, management is highly variable. We characterized epidemiology and management over an 11-year period. METHODS A retrospective cohort study of children 0 to 21 years of age with orbital cellulitis +/- subperiosteal orbital abscess hospitalized at a large quaternary children's hospital from January 2008 to June 2018. We reviewed charts for demographic characteristics, clinical features, management, and outcomes. Using multivariable logistic regression, we evaluated predictors of surgical intervention and assessed whether corticosteroid use or antibiotic duration was related to clinical outcomes. RESULTS Among 220 patients, methicillin-susceptible S. aureus was the most common organism (26.3%), with MRSA found in only 5.0%. Rates of vancomycin use fluctuated annually from 40.9% to 84.6%. Surgery was performed in 39.5% of the patients. Corticosteroids, used in 70 patients (32.1%), were unrelated to treatment failure (n = 9), defined as persistent signs and symptoms or initial clinical improvement followed by worsening (P = .137). The median antibiotic duration was 17 days (interquartile range 14-26). After controlling for age, gender, proptosis, eye pain with movement, eyelid swelling, neutrophil count, and corticosteroid use, treatment failure was not significantly associated with receipt of ≥ 3 weeks of antibiotic therapy (8/84, 9.5%) compared with > 2 but < 3 weeks (0/51, 0.0%) or ≤ 2 weeks (1/85, 1.2%) (adjusted odds ratio = 5.83 for ≥ 3 vs ≤2 weeks; 95% confidence interval: 0.58, 59.0). CONCLUSIONS Although MRSA was rare, empiric vancomycin use was high. Treatment failure was uncommon in patients who received ≤ 2 weeks of therapy, suggesting that shorter durations are adequate in some patients.
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- Brenda I Anosike
- Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Pediatrics, Boston Children’s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA,Department of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Pediatrics, Boston Children’s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA,Department of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA,Antimicrobial Stewardship Program, Boston Children’s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA,Corresponding Author: Mari M. Nakamura, MD, MPH, Antimicrobial Stewardship Program, Boston Children’s Hospital, 300 Longwood Avenue, Mailstop BCH 3052, Boston, MA 02115, USA. E-mail:
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Al Dhaheri F, Lee RA, Sharma TS, Nakamura MM, Marty FM. Epidemiology and outcomes of invasive aspergillosis among pediatric immunocompromised patients: a 12-year single-center experience. Med Mycol 2022; 60:6524907. [PMID: 35138378 DOI: 10.1093/mmy/myac014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/05/2021] [Revised: 12/11/2021] [Accepted: 02/07/2022] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Invasive aspergillosis (IA) remains a common cause of mortality in pediatric immunocompromised populations. Much of our knowledge of IA stems from adult literature. We conducted a retrospective evaluation of cases of proven or probable IA, defined according to the 2019 EORTC/MSG criteria, in patients with underlying immunocompromising conditions at Boston Children's Hospital from January 1, 2007 to January 1, 2019. We estimated survival curves over 12 weeks using the Kaplan-Meier method for all-cause mortality, and we used univariate Cox proportional hazards modeling to evaluate for mortality risk factors. We identified 59 cases, 29% with proven and 71% with probable IA. Pulmonary IA was the most common presentation (78%). The median age at diagnosis was 11 years (range, 0.5-28). Hematopoietic cell transplantation (HCT) was the most frequent predisposing underlying condition (41%). Among affected patients, 44.8% were neutropenic and 59.3% were lymphopenic at diagnosis. The 12-week all-cause mortality rate was 25.4%; HCT recipients comprised the majority of deaths (9/15) with a hazard ratio of 2.47 [95% CI, 0.87-6.95]. No patients with congenital immunodeficiencies (n = 8) died within 12 weeks of IA diagnosis. Other risk factors that were significantly associated with mortality included mechanical ventilation at diagnosis, intensive care unit stay, and lymphopenia; treatment with an Aspergillus-active azole was associated with decreased mortality. In conclusion, our study found that in pediatric immunocompromised hosts, IA is associated with a high 12-week all-cause mortality rate, with a particular impact on the HCT population.
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- Fatima Al Dhaheri
- Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, United Arab Emirates University, Al Ain, United Arab Emirates
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- Division of Infectious Disease, Department of Pediatrics, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, United States.,Harvard Medical School, Boston, United States
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- Division of Infectious Disease, Department of Pediatrics, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, United States.,Harvard Medical School, Boston, United States
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- Division of Infectious Disease, Department of Pediatrics, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, United States.,Harvard Medical School, Boston, United States.,Antimicrobial Stewardship Program, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, United States
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- Harvard Medical School, Boston, United States.,Division of Infectious Diseases, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, United States
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Dubois M, Campbell J, Lamb GS, Lamb GS, Nakamura MM. 582. Risk Factors for Progression to Hospitalization in Adolescents Presenting with Mild or Moderate COVID-19. Open Forum Infect Dis 2021. [PMCID: PMC8644454 DOI: 10.1093/ofid/ofab466.780] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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Background Most adolescents (age 12-17 years) with COVID-19 have mild disease. However, certain comorbidities may be risk factors for disease progression, and hospitalization rates for this age group have increased. Adolescents and adults with mild to moderate COVID-19 are eligible for monoclonal antibody therapy. To identify subgroups likely to benefit from this intervention, we evaluated the relationship between comorbidities and need for hospitalization in US adolescents presenting with mild to moderate COVID-19. Methods We analyzed presence of comorbidities and need for hospitalization within 28 days of diagnosis for adolescents in the PIDTRAN registry, a multicenter retrospective cohort of US pediatric patients with COVID-19. Comorbidities assessed included obesity, chronic kidney disease (CKD), diabetes (DM), immunosuppressive disease or treatment (IS), sickle cell disease (SCD), congenital/acquired heart disease (CHD), neurologic disease/neurodevelopmental disorders (ND), medical-related technology dependence (MTD), and pulmonary disease requiring daily inhaled corticosteroids (PD). We used multivariable logistic regression to determine race/ethnicity-adjusted associations between comorbidities and hospitalization. Results 1574 patients met inclusion criteria, of whom 180 (11.4%) were hospitalized within 28 days of COVID-19 diagnosis. In a race/ethnicity-adjusted model, the following comorbidities were independently associated with increased odds of hospitalization: IS (OR 10.8 [95%CI 5.4 – 21.7]); CKD (OR 5.1 [95%CI 1.0 – 25.6]); DM (OR 4.2 [95%CI 1.7 – 10.6]); SCD (OR 3.4 [95%CI 1.1 – 10.6]). ND (OR 3.0 [95%CI 1.7 – 5.4]); and obesity (OR 2.0 [95%CI 1.1 – 3.9]). Notably, CHD, MTD, and PD were not independently associated with hospitalization. There was no effect modification of race/ethnicity on the association between obesity or DM and hospitalization. Table 1: Characteristics of adolescents in our cohort ![]()
Figure 1. Association between comorbidities and hospitalization. Model 1: comorbidities only. Model 2: comorbidities, adjusted for race/ethnicity. Abbreviations: CKD – chronic kidney disease; SCD – sickle cell disease; ICS – inhaled corticosteroids. ![]()
Conclusion IS, CKD, DM, SCD, ND, and obesity were associated with increased odds of hospitalization in adolescents presenting with mild to moderate COVID-19. Adolescents with these comorbidities should be prioritized for consideration of treatment with monoclonal antibodies. Disclosures Gabriella S. Lamb, MD, MPH, Nothing to disclose
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- Melanie Dubois
- Boston Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
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- Boston Children's Hospital, Harvard medical school, Jamaica Plain, MA
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Wardell H, Vaughan-Malloy AM, Gidengil C, Velarde JJ, Khoury Z, Yim R, Jones S, Nakamura MM, Lamb GS, Lamb GS. 1126. Short-Course Therapy and Transition to Enteral Antibiotics for Uncomplicated Bacteremia Due to Enterobacterales Species. Open Forum Infect Dis 2021. [DOI: 10.1093/ofid/ofab466.1319] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Background
Gram-negative bacteremia historically has been treated with 10-14 days of parenteral antibiotics. However, data supporting this practice are lacking, and recent evidence shows equivalent outcomes for short-course (SC) therapy (7 days) and early (by day 5) conversion to highly bioavailable enteral (PO) antibiotics for Enterobacterales bacteremia.
Methods
Under a QI framework, we used PDSA cycles to reduce treatment duration and increase use of PO levofloxacin or trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole for uncomplicated Enterobacterales bacteremia among Infectious Diseases (ID) clinicians at a children’s hospital in Boston, MA. We conducted an education session on evidence to support these practices for ID faculty and fellows in October 2020. In December 2020, we implemented standardized recommendations for a 7-day duration and early PO transition for eligible patients (≥ 3-months-old, ≤ 2 days monomicrobial bacteremia, with source control and return to baseline clinical status) that could be inserted automatically into electronic consult notes. In February 2021, we reinforced this practice to ID providers. We collected data before and after these interventions on ID recommendations and on patients’ actual antibiotic management.
Results
From 11/01/20 to 05/31/21, mean recommended treatment decreased from 10.6 to 9.5 days; however, mean duration received was similar (11.2 vs 11.7 days) (Figure 1). The percentage of patients for whom ID recommended PO conversion and in whom transition to PO agents by day 5 occurred increased from 27% to 37.5%.
Figure 1. Change in average duration of antibiotics recommended and received, in days
Conclusion
Education and creation of automated standardized recommendations led to decreased recommended treatment durations and increased PO conversions for Enterobacterales bacteremia, but only modestly. This quality improvement initiative demonstrates the potential benefits of education and electronic documentation tools to facilitate evidence-based practice changes, but also highlights the difficulty in changing practice even amongst ID clinicians. Further PDSA cycles will be targeted at increasing more consistent awareness among a large ID division in addition to other stakeholders.
Disclosures
Gabriella S. Lamb, MD, MPH, Nothing to disclose
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- Boston Children’s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Boston Children’s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Boston Children’s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Boston Children’s Hospital, Harvard medical school, Jamaica Plain, MA
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Li CN, Nakamura MM. 1031. Utility of Broad-Range Polymerase Chain Reaction Sequencing for Infectious Diseases Clinical Decision Making: A Pediatric Center Experience. Open Forum Infect Dis 2021. [DOI: 10.1093/ofid/ofab466.1225] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Background
Broad-range polymerase chain reaction (PCR) sequencing is a promising tool for diagnosis of infectious conditions when traditional microbiologic strategies fail to identify a pathogen. Data on the optimal clinical scenarios in which to use this tool are limited.
Methods
We assessed the rate of organism identification from broad-range PCR testing sent from our quaternary care children’s hospital between March 2017 and June 2020. We completed a retrospective chart review to evaluate patients’ baseline demographic and clinical features as well as clinical significance of results (defined as influencing antimicrobial management) by specimen type.
Results
Among 184 total samples, 111 (60%) were obtained from immunocompromised patients. The median age of patients at the time of sample collection was 11.4 years (IQR 6.5-16.0). 128/181 (71%) samples were from patients known to be on ≥ 1 antimicrobial, including prophylaxis, in the 24 hours prior to sample collection. 52/184 (28%) patients ultimately had an infectious disease diagnosed by another testing modality. The most common PCR sample types were bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) fluid (35), lung tissue (20), and bone (14). An organism was identified from 41 (22%) samples, but positive results for only 8 samples (4%) led to a change in antimicrobial management: addition of agents in 4 cases, cessation of agents in 2, and transition from one agent to another in 2. Negative results for 3 (2%) samples led to discontinuation of antimicrobials. Organisms were identified from 11 (31%) BAL samples, of which only 2 (6%) were judged to be clinically significant. No results from lung tissue, CSF (11), skin biopsies (6), or joint fluid (4) affected antimicrobial management.
Conclusion
We found that only 6% of broad-range PCR results influenced antimicrobial management in a diverse pediatric cohort. Our findings suggest that many positive results, especially in BAL fluid, do not lead to changes in antimicrobial management. Additional work is necessary to characterize the ideal clinical scenarios in which broad-range PCR should be used as over a quarter of patients had a causative infectious disease identified by another modality.
Disclosures
All Authors: No reported disclosures
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- Boston Children’s Hospital, Harvard medical school, Jamaica Plain, MA
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Lamb GS, Lamb GS, Traum A, Khoury Z, Yim R, Jones S, Nakamura MM. 1125. Decreasing Concomitant Vancomycin and Piperacillin-Tazobactam Use in Children to Reduce Incidence of Acute Kidney Injury. Open Forum Infect Dis 2021. [DOI: 10.1093/ofid/ofab466.1318] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Background
Concomitant use of vancomycin (V) and piperacillin-tazobactam (PT) is associated with increased incidence of acute kidney injury (AKI). AKI develops 3 times faster on this combination compared to alternative vancomycin combinations. We sought to reduce AKI in our patients by reducing concomitant use of V/PT using a QI framework.
Methods
We implemented several PDSA cycles to reduce concomitant V/PT use at a 415-bed quaternary children’s hospital in Boston, MA. Interventions included substitution of PT with other agents in surgical prophylaxis guidelines and order sets starting in February 2020 and in the hospital-wide sepsis order set in March 2021. The Antimicrobial Stewardship Program reinforced these changes during daily audit-and-feedback reviews. In November 2020, we implemented an electronic alert that apprises clinicians of the AKI risk when V/PT are ordered and recommends an alternative regimen. We measured the monthly number of patients on combination V/PT, new exposures to nephrotoxic medications, AKI events, and the percentage of days with serum creatinine monitoring for patients on ≥2 nephrotoxic medications.
Results
From 02/01/20 to 05/31/21, the number of patients exposed to combination V/PT decreased from 23 to 6 per month (Figure 1). New nephrotoxic medication exposures declined from 17.1 to 7.7 per 1,000 patient days, and AKI events dropped from 2.8 to 0.6 per 1,000 patient days (Figures 2 and 3). The percentage of days with serum creatinine monitoring increased from 60% to 66%.
Rate of New Exposures to Nephrotoxic Medications per 1000 Patient Days
Conclusion
Revising guidelines and electronic order sets and implementing an order alert led to marked decreases in exposures to V/PT and nephrotoxic medications overall and was associated with reduced AKI events. Use of electronic health record tools is an effective way to drive safer antimicrobial use.
Disclosures
Gabriella S. Lamb, MD, MPH, Nothing to disclose
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- Boston Children’s Hospital/Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Boston Children’s Hospital, Boston, MA
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- Boston Children’s Hospital, Harvard medical school, Jamaica Plain, MA
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Ferguson RA, Herigon JC, Lee BR, Nakamura MM, Newland JG. Variability in Ceftriaxone Dosing Across 32 US Acute Care Children's Hospitals. J Pediatric Infect Dis Soc 2021; 10:677-681. [PMID: 33528009 PMCID: PMC8163046 DOI: 10.1093/jpids/piab004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/13/2020] [Accepted: 01/11/2021] [Indexed: 11/14/2022]
Abstract
Ceftriaxone is one of the most common antibiotics prescribed for hospitalized children in the United States. However, ceftriaxone is not dosed consistently. Sepsis/serious bacterial infection had high dosing variability. Dosing for central nervous system infection was frequently suboptimal. Future efforts should focus on optimizing and standardizing ceftriaxone dosing.
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- Rina A Ferguson
- Department of Pediatrics, Washington University in St Louis, St Louis, Missouri, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, Division of Infectious Diseases, Boston Children’s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Health Services and Outcomes Research, Children’s Mercy Kansas City, Kansas City, Missouri, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, Division of Infectious Diseases, Boston Children’s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA,Antimicrobial Stewardship Program, Boston Children’s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, Washington University in St Louis, St Louis, Missouri, USA,Corresponding Author: Jason G. Newland, MD, MEd, 660 S. Euclid Ave., Campus Box 8116, St. Louis, MO 63110-1093, USA. E-mail:
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Wolf J, Abzug MJ, Wattier RL, Sue PK, Vora SB, Zachariah P, Dulek DE, Waghmare A, Olivero R, Downes KJ, James SH, Pinninti SG, Yarbrough A, Aldrich ML, MacBrayne CE, Soma VL, Grapentine SP, Oliveira CR, Hayes M, Kimberlin DW, Jones SB, Bio LL, Morton TH, Hankins JS, Marόn-Alfaro GM, Timberlake K, Young JL, Orscheln RC, Schwenk HT, Goldman DL, Groves HE, Huskins WC, Rajapakse NS, Lamb GS, Tribble AC, Lloyd EE, Hersh AL, Thorell EA, Ratner AJ, Chiotos K, Nakamura MM. Initial Guidance on Use of Monoclonal Antibody Therapy for Treatment of Coronavirus Disease 2019 in Children and Adolescents. J Pediatric Infect Dis Soc 2021; 10:629-634. [PMID: 33388760 PMCID: PMC7799019 DOI: 10.1093/jpids/piaa175] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/21/2020] [Accepted: 12/26/2020] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
Abstract
BACKGROUND In November 2020, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) provided Emergency Use Authorizations (EUA) for 2 novel virus-neutralizing monoclonal antibody therapies, bamlanivimab and REGN-COV2 (casirivimab plus imdevimab), for the treatment of mild to moderate coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in adolescents and adults in specified high-risk groups. This has challenged clinicians to determine the best approach to use of these products. METHODS A panel of experts in pediatric infectious diseases, pediatric infectious diseases pharmacy, pediatric intensive care medicine, and pediatric hematology from 29 geographically diverse North American institutions was convened. Through a series of teleconferences and web-based surveys, a guidance statement was developed and refined based on review of the best available evidence and expert opinion. RESULTS The course of COVID-19 in children and adolescents is typically mild and there is no high-quality evidence supporting any high-risk groups. There is no evidence for safety and efficacy of monoclonal antibody therapy for treatment of COVID-19 in children or adolescents, limited evidence of modest benefit in adults, and evidence for potential harm associated with infusion reactions or anaphylaxis. CONCLUSIONS Based on evidence available as of December 20, 2020, the panel suggests against routine administration of monoclonal antibody therapy (bamlanivimab, or casirivimab and imdevimab), for treatment of COVID-19 in children or adolescents, including those designated by the FDA as at high risk of progression to hospitalization or severe disease. Clinicians and health systems choosing to use these agents on an individualized basis should consider risk factors supported by pediatric-specific evidence and ensure the implementation of a system for safe and timely administration that does not exacerbate existing healthcare disparities.
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- Joshua Wolf
- Department of Infectious Diseases, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee, USA,Department of Pediatrics, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, Tennessee, USA,Corresponding author: Dr. Joshua Wolf MBBS, PhD, FRACP, Department of Infectious Diseases, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, 262 Danny Thomas Place, MS 320, Memphis, TN 38105, USA, Tel: 901 595 3300; Fax: 901 595 3099,
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- Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Pediatrics, University of Colorado School of Medicine and Children’s Hospital Colorado, Aurora, Colorado, USA
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- Division of Infectious Diseases and Global Health, Department of Pediatrics, University of California–San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA
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- Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Department of Pediatrics, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA
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- Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Department of Pediatrics, University of Washington, Seattle; Children’s Hospital, Seattle, Washington, USA
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- Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Pediatrics, Columbia University, New York, New York, USA
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- Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Pediatrics, Vanderbilt University and Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital, Nashville, Tennessee, USA
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- Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Department of Pediatrics, University of Washington, Seattle; Children’s Hospital, Seattle, Washington, USA,Vaccine and Infectious Diseases Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, Washington, USA
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- Section of Infectious Diseases, Department of Pediatrics and Human Development, Helen DeVos Children’s Hospital of Spectrum Health, Michigan State College of Human Medicine, Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA
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- Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Pediatrics, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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- Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Department of Pediatrics, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, United States
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- Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Department of Pediatrics, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, United States
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- Department of Pharmacy, Children’s of Alabama, Birmingham, Alabama, USA
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- Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Pediatrics, Children’s Hospital at Montefiore, New York, New York, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, Division of Infectious Diseases, New York University Grossman School of Medicine and Hassenfeld Children's Hospital, New York, United States
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- Department of Pharmacy, University of California–San Francisco Benioff Children’s Hospital, San Francisco, California, USA
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- Division of Infectious Diseases and Global Health, Department of Pediatrics, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, United States
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- Antimicrobial Stewardship Program, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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- Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Department of Pediatrics, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, USA
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- Department of Pharmacy, Boston Children’s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Department of Pharmacy, Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital Stanford, Palo Alto, California, USA
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee, USA
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- Department of Hematology, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee, USA
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee, USA
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- Department of Pharmacy, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Pharmacy, St. Louis Children’s Hospital, St. Louis, Missouri, USA
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- Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Pediatrics, Washington University and St. Louis Children’s Hospital, St. Louis, Missouri, USA
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- Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Pediatrics, Stanford University School of Medicine and Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital Stanford, Stanford, California, USA
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- Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Pediatrics, Children’s Hospital at Montefiore, New York, New York, USA
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- Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Pediatrics,; Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Department of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science, Rochester, Minnesota
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- Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Department of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science, Rochester, Minnesota
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- Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Pediatrics, Boston Children’s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Michigan and CS Mott Children’s Hospital, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Michigan and CS Mott Children’s Hospital, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
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- Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Pediatrics, University of Utah and Primary Children’s Hospital, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
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- Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Pediatrics, University of Utah and Primary Children’s Hospital, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, Division of Infectious Diseases, New York University Grossman School of Medicine and Hassenfeld Children's Hospital, New York, United States,Department of Microbiology, New York University Grossman School of Medicine, New York, New York, USA
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- Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Pediatrics, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA,Division of Critical Care Medicine, Department of Anesthesia and Critical Care Medicine, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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- Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Pediatrics, Boston Children’s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA,Antimicrobial Stewardship Program, Boston Children’s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA,Co-Corresponding author: Mari M. Nakamura, MD, MPH, Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Pediatrics, Boston Children’s Hospital, 300 Longwood Avenue, Mailstop BCH 3052, Boston, MA 02115, Tel: 617 355 1561,
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Pingree EW, Huth K, Harper BD, Nakamura MM, Marcus CH, Cheston CC, Schumacher DJ, Winn AS. Encouraging Entrustment: A Qualitative Study of Resident Behaviors That Promote Entrustment. Acad Med 2020; 95:1718-1725. [PMID: 32379141 DOI: 10.1097/acm.0000000000003487] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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PURPOSE To explore resident and attending physician perceptions of resident behaviors and skills that demonstrate trustworthiness and promote entrustment by supervisors. METHOD Using grounded theory methodology, the authors conducted 3 focus groups with pediatric residents from the Boston Combined Residency Program and 3 focus groups with attending physicians who were either general pediatric hospitalists or other pediatric subspecialists at Boston Children's Hospital and Boston Medical Center in Boston, Massachusetts, from May to December 2018. Data were collected and analyzed iteratively until theoretical saturation was achieved. Three independent reviewers coded each transcript. Codes were grouped into dominant themes to develop a conceptual model. RESULTS Twelve residents and 18 attending physicians participated in the focus groups. Participants described actions that they felt actively demonstrated residents' trustworthiness within previously described domains of trustworthiness. Four modifiers emerged that affect a resident's progression from trustworthiness to entrustment: (1) self-management, (2) relationships, (3) self-advocacy, and (4) patient-centeredness. Findings were synthesized into a conceptual model depicting how trainees can promote their own entrustment by supervisors. CONCLUSIONS Trainees must actively demonstrate their trustworthiness to be entrusted. This study proposes that trainees can further gain entrustment through self-management, relationships, self-advocacy, and patient-centeredness. When they understand the actions and behaviors that promote entrustment, trainees may be better able to foster autonomy and progress toward more independent clinical practice. These findings add to existing evidence regarding entrustment and provide a novel, actionable framework for trainees to increase their own entrustment.
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- Elizabeth W Pingree
- E.W. Pingree is instructor, Division of General Pediatrics, Department of Pediatrics, Boston Children's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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- K. Huth is instructor, Division of General Pediatrics, Department of Pediatrics, Boston Children's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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- B.D. Harper is instructor, Division of General Pediatrics, Department of Pediatrics, Boston Children's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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- M.M. Nakamura is assistant professor, Divisions of Infectious Diseases and General Pediatrics, Department of Pediatrics, Boston Children's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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- C.H. Marcus is instructor, Division of General Pediatrics, Department of Pediatrics, Boston Children's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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- C.C. Cheston is assistant professor, Department of Pediatrics, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts
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- D.J. Schumacher is associate professor, Division of Emergency Medicine, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center and University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio
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- A.S. Winn is assistant professor, Division of General Pediatrics, Department of Pediatrics, Boston Children's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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Chiotos K, Hayes M, Kimberlin DW, Jones SB, James SH, Pinninti SG, Yarbrough A, Abzug MJ, MacBrayne CE, Soma VL, Dulek DE, Vora SB, Waghmare A, Wolf J, Olivero R, Grapentine S, Wattier RL, Bio L, Cross SJ, Dillman NO, Downes KJ, Oliveira CR, Timberlake K, Young J, Orscheln RC, Tamma PD, Schwenk HT, Zachariah P, Aldrich ML, Goldman DL, Groves HE, Rajapakse NS, Lamb GS, Tribble AC, Hersh AL, Thorell EA, Denison MR, Ratner AJ, Newland JG, Nakamura MM. Multicenter Interim Guidance on Use of Antivirals for Children With Coronavirus Disease 2019/Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2. J Pediatric Infect Dis Soc 2020; 10:34-48. [PMID: 32918548 PMCID: PMC7543452 DOI: 10.1093/jpids/piaa115] [Citation(s) in RCA: 72] [Impact Index Per Article: 18.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/28/2020] [Accepted: 09/09/2020] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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BACKGROUND Although coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a mild infection in most children, a small proportion develop severe or critical illness. Data describing agents with potential antiviral activity continue to expand such that updated guidance is needed regarding use of these agents in children. METHODS A panel of pediatric infectious diseases physicians and pharmacists from 20 geographically diverse North American institutions was convened. Through a series of teleconferences and web-based surveys, a set of guidance statements was developed and refined based on review of the best available evidence and expert opinion. RESULTS Given the typically mild course of COVID-19 in children, supportive care alone is suggested for most cases. For children with severe illness, defined as a supplemental oxygen requirement without need for noninvasive or invasive mechanical ventilation or extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO), remdesivir is suggested, preferably as part of a clinical trial if available. Remdesivir should also be considered for critically ill children requiring invasive or noninvasive mechanical ventilation or ECMO. A duration of 5 days is appropriate for most patients. The panel recommends against the use of hydroxychloroquine or lopinavir-ritonavir (or other protease inhibitors) for COVID-19 in children. CONCLUSIONS Antiviral therapy for COVID-19 is not necessary for the great majority of pediatric patients. For children with severe or critical disease, this guidance offers an approach for decision-making regarding use of remdesivir.
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- Kathleen Chiotos
- Division of Critical Care Medicine, Department of Anesthesia and Critical Care Medicine, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, United States,Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Pediatrics, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, United States,Antimicrobial Stewardship Program, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, United States,Corresponding Author: Kathleen Chiotos, MD, Roberts Center for Pediatric Research, 2716 South Street, Room 10292, Philadelphia, PA 19146,
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- Antimicrobial Stewardship Program, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, United States
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- Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Department of Pediatrics, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, United States
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- Department of Pharmacy, Boston Children’s Hospital, Boston, MA, United States,Antimicrobial Stewardship Program, Boston Children’s Hospital, Boston, MA, United States
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- Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Department of Pediatrics, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, United States
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- Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Department of Pediatrics, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, United States
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- Department of Pharmacy, Children’s of Alabama, Birmingham, AL, United States
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- Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Pediatrics, University of Colorado School of Medicine and Children’s Hospital Colorado, Aurora, CO, United States
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- Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Pediatrics, New York University Grossman School of Medicine and Hassenfeld Children’s Hospital, New York, NY, United States
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- Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Pediatrics, Vanderbilt University and Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital, Nashville, TN, United States
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- Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Department of Pediatrics, University of Washington, Seattle Children’s Hospital, Seattle, WA, United States
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- Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Department of Pediatrics, University of Washington, Seattle Children’s Hospital, Seattle, WA, United States,Vaccine and Infectious Diseases Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA, United States
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Memphis, TN, United States
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- Section of Infectious Diseases, Department of Pediatrics and Human Development, Helen DeVos Children's Hospital of Spectrum Health, Michigan State College of Human Medicine, Grand Rapids, MI, United States
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- Department of Pharmacy, UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital, San Francisco, CA, United States
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- Division of Infectious Diseases and Global Health, Department of Pediatrics, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, United States
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- Department of Pharmacy, Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital Stanford, Stanford, United States
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Memphis, TN, United States
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- Department of Pharmacy, CS Mott Children’s Hospital, Ann Arbor, MI, United States
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- Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Pediatrics, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, United States
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- Yale University School of Medicine, Yale University, New Haven, CT, United States
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- Department of Pharmacy, St. Louis Children’s Hospital, St. Louis, MO, United States
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- Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Pediatrics, Washington University and St. Louis Children’s Hospital, St. Louis, MO, United States
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- Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Pediatrics, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, United States
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- Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Pediatrics, Stanford University School of Medicine & Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital Stanford, Stanford, CA, United States
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- Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Pediatrics, Columbia University, New York, NY, United States
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- Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Pediatrics, Children’s Hospital at Montefiore, New York, NY, United States
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- Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Pediatrics, Children’s Hospital at Montefiore, New York, NY, United States
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- Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Pediatrics, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Canada
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- Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Department of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, United States
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- Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Pediatrics, Boston Children’s Hospital, Boston, MA, United States
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- Department of Pediatrics, Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Michigan and CS Mott Children’s Hospital, Ann Arbor, MI, United States
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- Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Pediatrics, University of Utah and Primary Children’s Hospital, Salt Lake City, UT, United States
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- Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Pediatrics, University of Utah and Primary Children’s Hospital, Salt Lake City, UT, United States
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- Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Pediatrics, Vanderbilt University and Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital, Nashville, TN, United States
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- Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Pediatrics, New York University Grossman School of Medicine and Hassenfeld Children’s Hospital, New York, NY, United States,Department of Microbiology, New York University Grossman School of Medicine, New York, NY, United States
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- Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Pediatrics, Washington University and St. Louis Children’s Hospital, St. Louis, MO, United States
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- Antimicrobial Stewardship Program, Boston Children’s Hospital, Boston, MA, United States,Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Pediatrics, Boston Children’s Hospital, Boston, MA, United States,Alternate Corresponding Author: Mari M. Nakamura, MD, MPH, Antimicrobial Stewardship Program, Boston Children’s Hospital, 300 Longwood Avenue, Mailstop BCH 3052, Boston, MA 02115, 617-355-1561,
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- Division of Infectious Diseases and.,Antimicrobial Stewardship Program, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts
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Chiotos K, Hayes M, Kimberlin DW, Jones SB, James SH, Pinninti SG, Yarbrough A, Abzug MJ, MacBrayne CE, Soma VL, Dulek DE, Vora SB, Waghmare A, Wolf J, Olivero R, Grapentine S, Wattier RL, Bio L, Cross SJ, Dillman NO, Downes KJ, Timberlake K, Young J, Orscheln RC, Tamma PD, Schwenk HT, Zachariah P, Aldrich M, Goldman DL, Groves HE, Lamb GS, Tribble AC, Hersh AL, Thorell EA, Denison MR, Ratner AJ, Newland JG, Nakamura MM. Multicenter Initial Guidance on Use of Antivirals for Children With Coronavirus Disease 2019/Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2. J Pediatric Infect Dis Soc 2020; 9:701-715. [PMID: 32318706 PMCID: PMC7188128 DOI: 10.1093/jpids/piaa045] [Citation(s) in RCA: 94] [Impact Index Per Article: 23.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/15/2020] [Accepted: 04/21/2020] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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BACKGROUND Although coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is mild in nearly all children, a small proportion of pediatric patients develop severe or critical illness. Guidance is therefore needed regarding use of agents with potential activity against severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 in pediatrics. METHODS A panel of pediatric infectious diseases physicians and pharmacists from 18 geographically diverse North American institutions was convened. Through a series of teleconferences and web-based surveys, a set of guidance statements was developed and refined based on review of best available evidence and expert opinion. RESULTS Given the typically mild course of pediatric COVID-19, supportive care alone is suggested for the overwhelming majority of cases. The panel suggests a decision-making framework for antiviral therapy that weighs risks and benefits based on disease severity as indicated by respiratory support needs, with consideration on a case-by-case basis of potential pediatric risk factors for disease progression. If an antiviral is used, the panel suggests remdesivir as the preferred agent. Hydroxychloroquine could be considered for patients who are not candidates for remdesivir or when remdesivir is not available. Antivirals should preferably be used as part of a clinical trial if available. CONCLUSIONS Antiviral therapy for COVID-19 is not necessary for the great majority of pediatric patients. For those rare cases of severe or critical disease, this guidance offers an approach for decision-making regarding antivirals, informed by available data. As evidence continues to evolve rapidly, the need for updates to the guidance is anticipated.
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- Kathleen Chiotos
- Department of Anesthesia and Critical Care Medicine, Division of Critical Care Medicine, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, United States,Department of Pediatrics, Division of Infectious Diseases, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, United States,Antimicrobial Stewardship Program, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, United States,Alternate Corresponding Author:Kathleen Chiotos, MD, Roberts Center for Pediatric Research, 2716 South Street, Room 10292, Philadelphia, PA 19146,
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- Antimicrobial Stewardship Program, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, United States
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- Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, United States
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- Department of Pharmacy, Boston Children’s Hospital, Boston, United States,Antimicrobial Stewardship Program, Boston Children’s Hospital, Boston, United States
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- Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, United States
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- Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, United States
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- Department of Pharmacy, Children’s of Alabama, Birmingham, United States
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- Department of Pediatrics, Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Colorado School of Medicine and Children’s Hospital Colorado, Aurora, United States
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- Department of Pediatrics, Division of Infectious Diseases, New York University Grossman School of Medicine and Hassenfeld Children’s Hospital, New York, United States
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- Department of Pediatrics, Division of Infectious Diseases, Vanderbilt University and Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital, Nashville, United States
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- Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, University of Washington, Seattle Children’s Hospital, Seattle, United States
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- Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, University of Washington, Seattle Children’s Hospital, Seattle, United States,Vaccine and Infectious Diseases Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, United States
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Memphis, United States
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- Department of Pediatrics and Human Development, Section of Infectious Diseases, Helen DeVos Children's Hospital of Spectrum Health, Michigan State College of Human Medicine, Grand Rapids, United States
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- Department of Pharmacy, UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital, San Francisco, United States
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- Department of Pediatrics, Division of Infectious Diseases and Global Health, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, United States
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- Department of Pharmacy, Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital Stanford, Stanford, United States
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Memphis, United States
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- Department of Pharmacy, CS Mott Children’s Hospital, Ann Arbor, United States
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- Department of Pediatrics, Division of Infectious Diseases, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, United States
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- Department of Pharmacy, St. Louis Children’s Hospital, St. Louis, United States
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- Department of Pediatrics, Division of Infectious Diseases, Washington University and St. Louis Children’s Hospital, St. Louis, United States
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- Department of Pediatrics, Division of Infectious Diseases, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, United States
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- Department of Pediatrics, Division of Infectious Diseases, Stanford University School of Medicine and Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital Stanford, Stanford, United States
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- Department of Pediatrics, Division of Infectious Diseases, Columbia University, New York, United States
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- Department of Pediatrics, Division of Infectious Diseases, Children’s Hospital at Montefiore, New York, United States
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- Department of Pediatrics, Division of Infectious Diseases, Children’s Hospital at Montefiore, New York, United States
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- Department of Pediatrics, Division of Infectious Diseases, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Canada
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- Department of Pediatrics, Division of Infectious Diseases, Boston Children’s Hospital, Boston, United States
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- Department of Pediatrics, Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Michigan and CS Mott Children’s Hospital, Ann Arbor, United States
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- Department of Pediatrics, Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Utah and Primary Children’s Hospital, Salt Lake City, United States
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- Department of Pediatrics, Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Utah and Primary Children’s Hospital, Salt Lake City, United States
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- Department of Pediatrics, Division of Infectious Diseases, Vanderbilt University and Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital, Nashville, United States
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- Department of Pediatrics, Division of Infectious Diseases, New York University Grossman School of Medicine and Hassenfeld Children’s Hospital, New York, United States,Department of Microbiology, New York University Grossman School of Medicine, New York, United States
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- Department of Pediatrics, Division of Infectious Diseases, Washington University and St. Louis Children’s Hospital, St. Louis, United States
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- Antimicrobial Stewardship Program, Boston Children’s Hospital, Boston, United States,Department of Pediatrics, Division of Infectious Diseases, Boston Children’s Hospital, Boston, United States,Corresponding Author: Mari M. Nakamura, MD, MPH, Antimicrobial Stewardship Program, Boston Children’s Hospital, 300 Longwood Avenue, Mailstop BCH 3052, Boston, MA 02115, 617-355-1561,
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Al Dhaheri F, Lee R, Nakamura MM, Marty FM. 269. Epidemiology and Outcomes of Invasive Aspergillosis (IA) Among Pediatric Immunocompromised Patients: A 12-Year, Single-Center Experience. Open Forum Infect Dis 2019. [PMCID: PMC6810524 DOI: 10.1093/ofid/ofz360.344] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Background IA remains a leading cause of morbidity and mortality in immunocompromised children, and our understanding regarding epidemiology and outcomes of IA are limited and based on adult studies. Methods We conducted a retrospective evaluation of cases of proven or probable IA according to the 2008 EORTC/MSG criteria cared for at Boston Children’s Hospital from 2007 to 2019. We collected data including demographics, clinical characteristics, diagnosis modality, antifungal treatment, and survival. Survival curves over one year were estimated using the Kaplan–Meier method and univariate and multivariate Cox modeling was used to evaluate for risk factors for mortality. Results 67 patient cases were identified, 20 (30%) with proven IA and 47 (70%) with probable IA. The mean age at diagnosis was 11.9 years (6 months–28 years). Underlying conditions included hematopoietic-cell transplantation (HCT) in 45%, cancer in 21%, and solid-organ transplantation in 18%. Pulmonary IA was the most common (70.1%) presentation. Diagnostic modalities included positive microbiology alone (18%), fungal PCR alone (1.5%), galactomannan alone (28%), and multiple modalities for the remaining cases (52.5%). 44.8% of patients were neutropenic at diagnosis and 78.5% of patients with malignancies were receiving chemotherapy. Immunosuppressive drugs included glucocorticoids in 34.3%, calcineurin inhibitors in 31.3%, and IMDH inhibitors in 25.3%. Voriconazole was the most common treatment used (72%). Twenty-two (33%) deaths occurred in the cohort attributable to IA (6 of which underwent autopsies and 4 had histopathological confirmation) Most deaths occurred in the BMT patients (15 patients, 45% of deaths). The 6 week mortality was 18% while the 12 week mortality was 25.4%. No antifungal or immunosuppressive regimen had a statistically significant impact on mortality. Conclusion We demonstrate in our >10-year retrospective cohort analysis of immunocompromised hosts that IA is associated with 49% all-cause mortality with particular impact on the BMT population. No protective nor harmful association was also noted with a particular antifungal or immunosuppressive regimen. ![]()
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Disclosures All authors: No reported disclosures.
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- Fatima Al Dhaheri
- Boston Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Boston Children’s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Boston Children’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts
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Nakamura MM, Toomey SL, Zaslavsky AM, Petty CR, Lin C, Savova GK, Rose S, Brittan MS, Lin JL, Bryant MC, Ashrafzadeh S, Schuster MA. Potential Impact of Initial Clinical Data on Adjustment of Pediatric Readmission Rates. Acad Pediatr 2019; 19:589-598. [PMID: 30470563 PMCID: PMC6788282 DOI: 10.1016/j.acap.2018.09.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/06/2018] [Revised: 07/09/2018] [Accepted: 09/17/2018] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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OBJECTIVE Comparison of readmission rates requires adjustment for case-mix (ie, differences in patient populations), but previously only claims data were available for this purpose. We examined whether incorporation of relatively readily available clinical data improves prediction of pediatric readmissions and thus might enhance case-mix adjustment. METHODS We examined 30-day readmissions using claims and electronic health record data for patients ≤18 years and 29 days of age who were admitted to 3 children's hospitals from February 2011 to February 2014. Using the Pediatric All-Condition Readmission Measure and starting with a model including age, gender, chronic conditions, and primary diagnosis, we examined whether the addition of initial vital sign and laboratory data improved model performance. We employed machine learning to evaluate the same variables, using the L2-regularized logistic regression with cost-sensitive learning and convolutional neural network. RESULTS Controlling for the core model variables, low red blood cell count and mean corpuscular hemoglobin concentration and high red cell distribution width were associated with greater readmission risk, as were certain interactions between laboratory and chronic condition variables. However, the C-statistic (0.722 vs 0.713) and McFadden's pseudo R2 (0.085 vs 0.076) for this and the core model were similar, suggesting minimal improvement in performance. In machine learning analyses, the F-measure (harmonic mean of sensitivity and positive predictive value) was similar for the best-performing model (containing all variables) and core model (0.250 vs 0.243). CONCLUSIONS Readily available clinical variables do not meaningfully improve the prediction of pediatric readmissions and would be unlikely to enhance case-mix adjustment unless their distributions varied widely across hospitals.
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- Mari M. Nakamura
- Division of General Pediatrics, Boston Children’s Hospital,Division of Infectious Diseases, Boston Children’s Hospital,Department of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Mass
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- Division of General Pediatrics, Boston Children’s Hospital,Department of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Mass
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- Department of Health Care Policy, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Mass
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- Institutional Centers for Clinical and Translational Research, Boston Children’s Hospital
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- Informatics Program, Boston Children’s Hospital
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- Informatics Program, Boston Children’s Hospital,Department of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Mass
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- Department of Health Care Policy, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Mass
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- Department of Pediatrics, Children’s Hospital Colorado, Aurora
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- Department of Pediatrics, Stanford School of Medicine, Stanford, Calif
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- Division of General Pediatrics, Boston Children’s Hospital,Department of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Mass,Kaiser Permanente School of Medicine, Pasadena, Calif
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Dixit A, Karandikar MV, Jones S, Nakamura MM. Safety and Tolerability of Moxifloxacin in Children. J Pediatric Infect Dis Soc 2018; 7:e92-e101. [PMID: 29939314 DOI: 10.1093/jpids/piy056] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/11/2018] [Accepted: 06/07/2018] [Indexed: 01/24/2023]
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OBJECTIVES Moxifloxacin is not approved by the US Food and Drug Administration for pediatric use. Although its use might be indicated under certain conditions, data regarding its safety and tolerability in pediatric patients are limited. The primary objective of this study was to evaluate the safety of systemic moxifloxacin therapy in children. METHODS We conducted a retrospective observational study of patients aged <18 years who received oral or intravenous moxifloxacin at our institution between January 2011 and July 2016. Patient demographics, clinical characteristics, indication for moxifloxacin use, and adverse events (AEs) were extracted via chart review. The attribution of AEs to moxifloxacin use was adjudicated in consultation with a pediatric infectious disease (ID) pharmacist. RESULTS We identified 221 patients who received 300 courses of moxifloxacin. The average age at moxifloxacin initiation was 10.4 years. One or more AEs occurred during 195 (65%) of the courses. Of the 463 distinct AEs, 46 (9.9%) were attributed to moxifloxacin. AEs attributed to moxifloxacin included corrected QT interval (QTc) prolongation (18 [6%] courses), transaminase level elevation (7 [2.3%] courses), and increased bilirubin level (3 [1%] courses). AEs led to moxifloxacin discontinuation in 18 (6%) courses. ID consultation was associated with QTc (P < .001) and transaminase (P = .002) monitoring. CONCLUSIONS AEs that occur during pediatric moxifloxacin therapy are relatively common but rarely serious enough to require premature discontinuation. The drug might be used safely in most children with monitoring, including evaluation for QTc prolongation, and guidance from ID specialists.
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- Avika Dixit
- Division of Infectious Diseases, Boston Children's Hospital, Massachusetts.,Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Division of Infectious Diseases, Boston Children's Hospital, Massachusetts.,Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Division of Infectious Diseases, Boston Children's Hospital, Massachusetts.,Department of Pharmacy, Boston Children's Hospital, Massachusetts
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- Division of Infectious Diseases, Boston Children's Hospital, Massachusetts.,Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.,Division of General Pediatrics, Boston Children's Hospital, Massachusetts
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BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Reducing readmissions is a major health care system goal. There is a gap in our understanding of pediatric readmission patterns after mental health (MH) admissions. With this study, we aimed to characterize the prevalence of readmissions after MH admissions, to identify patient-level factors and costs associated with readmissions, and to assess variation in readmission rates across hospitals. METHODS Using the 2014 Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project all-payer Nationwide Readmissions Database, we conducted a retrospective cohort analysis of 253 309 admissions for 5- to 17-year-olds at acute-care hospitals in 22 states. We calculated 30-day unplanned readmission rates, lengths of stay, and costs by primary admission diagnosis. We used hierarchical regression models to assess differences in readmission rates by patient characteristics, primary diagnoses, and comorbid chronic conditions, and to estimate the variation in case mix-adjusted rates across hospitals. RESULTS MH stays accounted for 18.7% (n = 47 397) of index admissions. The 30-day readmission rate for MH admissions was higher than for non-MH admissions (8.0% vs 6.2%; P < .001). Children who were ≤14 years old, had non-MH chronic conditions, and/or had public insurance were more likely to be readmitted than their peers (P < .001 for each). Adjusted rates varied across hospitals (P < .001) and were 97.9% greater for hospitals 1 SD above versus below (11.2% vs 5.6%) the mean. Adjusted readmission rates, lengths of stay, and costs differed by diagnosis (P < .001). CONCLUSIONS The 30-day readmission rate was significantly higher after MH than non-MH admissions. Adjusted MH readmission rates varied substantially among hospitals, suggesting potential room for improvement.
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- Jeremy Y Feng
- Divisions of General Pediatrics and .,Harvard Medical School, Harvard University, Boston, Massachusetts; and
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- Divisions of General Pediatrics and.,Departments of Pediatrics and
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- Health Care Policy, Harvard Medical School, Harvard University, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Divisions of General Pediatrics and.,Departments of Pediatrics and.,Infectious Diseaseas, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Divisions of General Pediatrics and.,Departments of Pediatrics and.,Kaiser Permanente School of Medicine, Pasadena, California
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Nakamura MM, Zaslavsky AM, Toomey SL, Petty CR, Bryant MC, Geanacopoulos AT, Jha AK, Schuster MA. Pediatric Readmissions After Hospitalizations for Lower Respiratory Infections. Pediatrics 2017; 140:peds.2016-0938. [PMID: 28771405 DOI: 10.1542/peds.2016-0938] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 04/07/2017] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE Lower respiratory infections (LRIs) are among the most common reasons for pediatric hospitalization and among the diagnoses with the highest number of readmissions. Characterizing LRI readmissions would help guide efforts to prevent them. We assessed variation in pediatric LRI readmission rates, risk factors for readmission, and readmission diagnoses. METHODS We analyzed 2008-2009 Medicaid Analytic eXtract data for patients <18 years of age in 26 states. We identified LRI hospitalizations based on a primary diagnosis of bronchiolitis, influenza, or community-acquired pneumonia or a secondary diagnosis of one of these LRIs plus a primary diagnosis of asthma, respiratory failure, or sepsis/bacteremia. Readmission rates were calculated as the proportion of hospitalizations followed by ≥1 unplanned readmission within 30 days. We used logistic regression with fixed effects for patient characteristics and a hospital random intercept to case-mix adjust rates and assess risk factors. RESULTS Of 150 590 LRI hospitalizations, 8233 (5.5%) were followed by ≥1 readmission. The median adjusted hospital readmission rate was 5.2% (interquartile range: 5.1%-5.4%), and rates varied across hospitals (P < .0001). Infants (patients <1 year of age), boys, and children with chronic conditions were more likely to be readmitted. The most common primary diagnoses on readmission were LRIs (48.2%), asthma (10.0%), fluid/electrolyte disorders (3.4%), respiratory failure (3.3%), and upper respiratory infections (2.7%). CONCLUSIONS LRI readmissions are common and vary across hospitals. Multiple risk factors are associated with readmission, indicating potential targets for strategies to reduce readmissions. Readmission diagnoses sometimes seem related to the original LRI.
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- Mari M Nakamura
- Divisions of General Pediatrics and .,Infectious Diseases, and.,Departments of Pediatrics and
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- Divisions of General Pediatrics and.,Departments of Pediatrics and
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- Clinical Research Center, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Department of Health Policy and Management, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Harvard University, Boston, Massachusetts.,Division of General Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts; and.,Veterans Affairs Boston Healthcare System, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Divisions of General Pediatrics and.,Departments of Pediatrics and
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IMPORTANCE Health care systems, payers, and hospitals use hospital readmission rates as a measure of quality. Although hospitals can track readmissions back to themselves (hospital A to hospital A), they lack information when their patients are readmitted to different hospitals (hospital A to hospital B). Because hospitals lack different-hospital readmission (DHR) data, they may underestimate all-hospital readmission (AHR) rates (hospital A to hospital A or B). OBJECTIVES To determine the prevalence of 30-day pediatric DHRs; to assess the effect of DHR on readmission performance; and to identify patient and hospital characteristics associated with DHR. DESIGN, SETTING, AND PARTICIPANTS We analyzed all-payer inpatient claims for 701,263 pediatric discharges (patients aged 0-17 years) from 177 acute care hospitals in New York State from January 1, 2005, through November 30, 2009, to identify 30-day same-hospital readmissions (SHRs), DHRs, and AHRs. Data analysis was performed from March 12, 2013, through April 6, 2015. We compared excess readmission ratios (calculated per the Medicare formula) using SHRs and AHRs to determine what might happen if the federal formula were applied to a specific state and to evaluate how often hospitals might accurately anticipate-using data available to them--whether they would incur penalties (excess readmission ratio >1) for readmissions. Using multivariate logistic regression, we identified patient- and hospital-level predictors of DHR vs SHR. MAIN OUTCOMES AND MEASURES The proportion of DHRs vs SHRs, AHR and SHR rates, and excess readmissions. RESULTS Different-hospital readmissions constituted 13.9% of 31,325 AHRs. At the individual hospital level, the median (interquartile range) percentage of DHRs was 21.6% (12.8%-39.1%). The median (interquartile range) adjusted AHR rate was 3.4% (3.0%-4.1%), 38.9% higher than the median adjusted SHR rate of 2.5% (2.0%-3.4%) (P < .001). Excess readmission ratios using SHRs inaccurately anticipated penalties (changed from >1 to ≤ 1 or vice versa) for 20 of the 177 hospitals (11.3%); all were nonchildren's hospitals and 18 of 20 (90.0%) were nonteaching hospitals. Characteristics associated with higher odds ratios (ORs) (reported with 95% CIs) of DHR in multivariate analyses included being younger (compared with age <1 year, ORs [95% CIs] for the other age categories ranged from 0.76 [0.66-0.88] to 0.85 [0.73-0.99]); being white (ORs [95% CIs] for nonwhite race/ethnicity ranged from 0.74 [0.65-0.84] to 0.88 [0.79-0.99]); having private insurance (1.14 [1.04-1.24]); having a chronic condition indicator for a mental disorder (1.33 [1.13-1.56]) or a disease of the nervous system (1.37 [1.20-1.57]) or circulatory system (1.20 [1.00-1.43]); and admission to a nonchildren's (1.62 [1.01-2.60]), urban (ORs for nonurban hospitals ranged from 0.35 [0.24-0.52] to 0.36 [0.21-0.64]), or lower-volume (0.73 [0.64-0.84]) hospital (P < .05 for each). CONCLUSIONS AND RELEVANCE Different-hospital readmissions differentially affect hospitals' pediatric readmission rates and anticipated performance, making SHRs an incomplete surrogate for AHRs-particularly for certain hospital types. Failing to incorporate DHRs into readmission measurement may impede quality assessment, anticipation of penalties, and quality improvement.
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- Alisa Khan
- Division of General Pediatrics, Boston Children’s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts2Department of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Division of General Pediatrics, Boston Children’s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts2Department of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts3Division of Infectious Diseases, Boston Children’s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Department of Healthcare Policy, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Clinical Research Center, Boston Children’s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Division of General Pediatrics, Boston Children’s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts2Department of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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- currently a medical student at Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Division of General Pediatrics, Boston Children’s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts2Department of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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Teufel RJ, Yu FB, Nakamura MM, Harper MB, Menachemi N. Factors associated with meaningful use incentives in children's hospitals. Pediatrics 2015; 135:e1409-16. [PMID: 25963005 DOI: 10.1542/peds.2014-2720] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 03/18/2015] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE Among children's hospitals, little is known about how barriers to electronic health record (EHR) adoption are related to meaningful use (MU) incentives. We investigated hospital success with MU incentive payments and determined associations with hospital-reported challenges and characteristics. METHODS A survey administered to 224 Children's Hospital Association hospitals assessed a variety of potential challenges to achieving meaningful EHR use (eg, lack of access to capital) and specific MU criteria that would be challenging to fulfill (eg, implement clinical decision support rules). These results were combined with data on hospitals that received MU payments up to March 2014 and information on hospital characteristics. Associations between anticipated challenges, children's hospital type, and receipt of MU incentives were evaluated in bivariate and multivariate analyses. RESULTS One hundred thirty-three children hospitals completed the survey (response rate 59.4%). Thirty-five percent of responding children's hospitals received MU incentive payments. The most frequently anticipated hospital challenges included the following: exchange clinical information with other providers outside your hospital system (49%), and generate numerator and denominator data for quality reporting directly from EHR (41%). Freestanding children's hospitals were more likely to indicate lack of relevance of MU criteria to pediatric care (odds ratio: 37.6 [95% confidence interval: 4.6-309.3]) and more likely to receive MU incentive payments (odds ratio: 26 [95% confidence interval: 5.2-130.6]). CONCLUSIONS As of 2014, a minority of children's hospitals have successfully received MU incentive payments. Freestanding children's hospitals are more likely to report MU is not relevant to pediatric care and to succeed with MU incentive payments.
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- Ronald J Teufel
- Department of Pediatrics, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina;
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- Department of Pediatrics, St Louis Children's Hospital, Washington University, St Louis, Missouri
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- Emergency Medicine, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts; and
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- Department of Health Care Organization and Policy, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama
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Nakamura MM, Harper MB, Castro AV, Yu FB, Jha AK. Impact of the meaningful use incentive program on electronic health record adoption by US children's hospitals. J Am Med Inform Assoc 2015; 22:390-8. [PMID: 25755126 DOI: 10.1093/jamia/ocu045] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVE We determined adoption rates of pediatric-oriented electronic health record (EHR) features by US children's hospitals and assessed perceptions regarding the suitability of commercial EHRs for pediatric care and the influence of the meaningful use incentive program on implementation of pediatric-oriented features. MATERIALS AND METHODS We surveyed members of the Children's Hospital Association. We measured adoption of 19 pediatric-oriented features and asked whether commercial EHRs include key pediatric-focused capabilities. We inquired about the meaningful use program's relevance to pediatrics and its influence on EHR implementation priorities. RESULTS Of 164 general acute care children's hospitals, 100 (61%) responded to the survey. Rates of comprehensive (across all pediatric units) adoption ranged from 37% (age-, gender-, and weight-adjusted blood pressure percentiles and immunization contraindication warnings) to 87% (age in appropriate units). Implementation rates for several features varied significantly by children's hospital type. Nearly 60% of hospitals reported having EHRs that do not contain all features essential for high-quality care. A majority of hospitals indicated that the meaningful use program has had no effect on their adoption of pediatric features, while 26% said they have delayed or forgone incorporation of such features because of the program. CONCLUSIONS Children's hospitals are implementing pediatric-focused features, but a sizable proportion still finds their systems suboptimal for pediatric care. The meaningful use incentive program is failing to promote and in some cases delaying uptake of pediatric-oriented features.
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- Mari M Nakamura
- Division of Infectious Diseases Division of General Pediatrics
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- Division of Infectious Diseases Division of Emergency Medicine Information Services Department, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
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- Division of Hospitalist Medicine, St. Louis Children's Hospital, St. Louis, MO, USA
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- Department of Health Policy and Management, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA Division of General Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA Veterans Affairs Boston Healthcare System, Boston, MA, USA
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Zenlea IS, Billett A, Hazen M, Herrick DB, Nakamura MM, Jenkins KJ, Woolf AD, Kesselheim JC. Trainee and program director perceptions of quality improvement and patient safety education: preparing for the next accreditation system. Clin Pediatr (Phila) 2014; 53:1248-54. [PMID: 24928576 DOI: 10.1177/0009922814538701] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To assess the current state of quality improvement and patient safety (QIPS) education at a large teaching hospital. METHODS We surveyed 429 trainees (138 residents, 291 clinical fellows) and 38 program directors (PDs; 2 were PDs of >1 program) from 39 Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education-accredited training programs. RESULTS Twenty-nine PDs (76.3%) and 259 trainees (60.3%) responded. Most trainees (68.8%) reported participation in projects culminating in scholarly products (39.9%) or clinical innovations (44%). Most PDs reported that teaching (88.9%) and project supervision (83.3%) are performed by expert faculty. Nearly half of the PDs (45.8%) and trainees (49.6%) perceived project-based learning to be of equal value to formal curricula. Compared with trainees, a greater proportion of PDs reported needs for funding for projects, teaching faculty to provide mentorship, and faculty development (P < .05). CONCLUSIONS Providing additional financial, administrative, and operational support could enhance the value of curricula and projects. Developing expert teaching faculty is paramount.
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- Ian S Zenlea
- Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA Dana-Farber/Children's Hospital Cancer Center, Boston, MA, USA
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- Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA Dana-Farber/Children's Hospital Cancer Center, Boston, MA, USA
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Nakamura MM, Toomey SL, Zaslavsky AM, Berry JG, Lorch SA, Jha AK, Bryant MC, Geanacopoulos AT, Loren SS, Pain D, Schuster MA. Measuring pediatric hospital readmission rates to drive quality improvement. Acad Pediatr 2014; 14:S39-46. [PMID: 25169456 DOI: 10.1016/j.acap.2014.06.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 59] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/01/2014] [Revised: 06/13/2014] [Accepted: 06/18/2014] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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The Pediatric Quality Measures Program is developing readmission measures for pediatric use. We sought to describe the importance of readmissions in children and the challenges of developing readmission quality measures. We consider findings and perspectives from research studies and commentaries in the pediatric and adult literature, characterizing arguments for and against using readmission rates as measures of pediatric quality and discussing available evidence and current knowledge gaps. The major topic of debate regarding readmission rates as pediatric quality measures is the relative influence of hospital quality versus other factors within and outside of health systems on readmission risk. The complex causation of readmissions leads to disagreement, particularly when rates are publicly reported or tied to payment, about whether readmissions can be prevented and how to achieve fair comparisons of readmission performance. Despite these controversies, the policy focus on readmissions has motivated widespread efforts by hospitals and outpatient providers to evaluate and reengineer care processes. Many adult studies demonstrate a link between successful initiatives to improve quality and reductions in readmissions. More research is needed on methods to enhance adjustment of readmission rates and on how to prevent pediatric readmissions.
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- Mari M Nakamura
- Division of General Pediatrics, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, Mass; Division of Infectious Diseases, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, Mass; Department of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Mass.
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- Division of General Pediatrics, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, Mass; Department of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Mass
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- Department of Health Care Policy, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Mass
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- Division of General Pediatrics, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, Mass
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- Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pa; Division of Neonatology, Department of Pediatrics, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pa
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- Department of Health Policy and Management, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Mass; Division of General Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Mass; Veterans Affairs Boston Healthcare System, Boston, Mass
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- Division of General Pediatrics, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, Mass
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- Division of General Pediatrics, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, Mass
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- Division of General Pediatrics, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, Mass
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- Division of General Pediatrics, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, Mass; Department of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Mass
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Gidengil C, Mangione-Smith R, Bailey LC, Cawthon ML, McGlynn EA, Nakamura MM, Schiff J, Schuster MA, Schneider EC. Using Medicaid and CHIP claims data to support pediatric quality measurement: lessons from 3 centers of excellence in measure development. Acad Pediatr 2014; 14:S76-81. [PMID: 25169462 DOI: 10.1016/j.acap.2014.06.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/01/2013] [Revised: 06/08/2014] [Accepted: 06/18/2014] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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OBJECTIVE We sought to explore the claims data-related issues relevant to quality measure development for Medicaid and the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP), illustrating the challenges encountered and solutions developed around 3 distinct performance measure topics: care coordination for children with complex needs, quality of care for high-prevalence conditions, and hospital readmissions. METHODS Each of 3 centers of excellence presents an example that illustrates the challenges of using claims data for quality measurement. RESULTS Our Centers of Excellence in pediatric quality measurement used innovative methods to develop algorithms that use Medicaid claims data to identify children with complex needs; overcome some shortcomings of existing data for measuring quality of care for common conditions such as otitis media; and identify readmissions after hospitalizations for lower respiratory infections. CONCLUSIONS Our experience constructing quality measure specifications using claims data suggests that it will be challenging to measure key quality of care constructs for Medicaid-insured children at a national level in a timely and consistent way. Without better data to underpin pediatric quality measurement, Medicaid and CHIP will have difficulty using some existing measures for accountability, value-based purchasing, and quality improvement both across states and within states.
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- Courtney Gidengil
- RAND Corporation, Boston, Mass; Division of Infectious Diseases, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, Mass; Harvard Medical School, Boston, Mass.
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of Washington/Seattle Children's Hospital, Seattle, Wash; Seattle Children's Research Institute, Seattle, Wash
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- Research and Data Analysis Division, Washington Department of Social and Health Services, Olympia, Wash
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- Kaiser Permanente Center for Effectiveness and Safety Research, Pasadena, Calif
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- Division of Infectious Diseases, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, Mass; Harvard Medical School, Boston, Mass; Division of General Pediatrics, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, Mass
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- Office of the Medicaid Medical Director, Minnesota Department of Human Services, St Paul, Minn
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- Harvard Medical School, Boston, Mass; Division of General Pediatrics, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, Mass
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- RAND Corporation, Boston, Mass; Harvard Medical School, Boston, Mass; Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Mass
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Misasi JN, Nakamura MM. Infectious diseases evidence assessments: evidence-based medicine in practice. Med Educ 2013; 47:1123-1124. [PMID: 24117565 DOI: 10.1111/medu.12338] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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UNLABELLED OBJECTIVES To assess electronic health record (EHR) adoption and meaningful use among US children's hospitals through 2011 and compare these outcomes with adult hospitals and among subgroups of children's hospitals. We hypothesized that children's hospitals would show progress since our initial evaluation of health information technology (HIT) implementation in 2008. METHODS We identified children's hospitals using the membership directory of the Children's Hospital Association and analyzed their responses from 2008 to 2011 to the American Hospital Association's annual HIT survey. EHR adoption rates were determined by using previously specified definitions of the essential functionalities comprising an EHR. Achievement of meaningful use was evaluated based on hospitals' ability to fulfill 12 core meaningful use criteria. We compared these outcomes in 2011 between children's and adult hospitals and among subgroups of children's hospitals. RESULTS Of 162 children's hospitals, 126 (78%) responded to the survey in 2011. The proportion of children's hospitals with an EHR increased from 21% (in 2008) to 59% (in 2011). In 2011, 29% of children's hospitals met the 12 core criteria in our meaningful use proxy measure. EHR adoption rates and meaningful use were significantly higher for children's hospitals than for adult hospitals as a whole but similar for children's and adult major teaching hospitals. Among children's hospitals, major teaching hospitals were significantly more likely to have an EHR. CONCLUSIONS Children's hospitals have achieved substantial gains in HIT implementation although minor teaching and nonteaching institutions are not keeping pace.
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- Mari M Nakamura
- Division of Infectious Diseases, Boston Children’s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
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Berry JG, Toomey SL, Zaslavsky AM, Jha AK, Nakamura MM, Klein DJ, Feng JY, Shulman S, Chiang VW, Kaplan W, Hall M, Schuster MA. Pediatric readmission prevalence and variability across hospitals. JAMA 2013; 309:372-80. [PMID: 23340639 PMCID: PMC3640861 DOI: 10.1001/jama.2012.188351] [Citation(s) in RCA: 319] [Impact Index Per Article: 29.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022]
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IMPORTANCE Readmission rates are used as an indicator of the quality of care that patients receive during a hospital admission and after discharge. OBJECTIVE To determine the prevalence of pediatric readmissions and the magnitude of variation in pediatric readmission rates across hospitals. DESIGN, SETTING, AND PATIENTS We analyzed 568,845 admissions at 72 children's hospitals between July 1, 2009, and June 30, 2010, in the National Association of Children's Hospitals and Related Institutions Case Mix Comparative data set. We estimated hierarchical regression models for 30-day readmission rates by hospital, accounting for age and Chronic Condition Indicators. Hospitals with adjusted readmission rates that were 1 SD above and below the mean were defined as having "high" and "low" rates, respectively. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES Thirty-day unplanned readmissions following admission for any diagnosis and for the 10 admission diagnoses with the highest readmission prevalence. Planned readmissions were identified with procedure codes from the International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision, Clinical Modification. RESULTS The 30-day unadjusted readmission rate for all hospitalized children was 6.5% (n = 36,734). Adjusted rates were 28.6% greater in hospitals with high vs low readmission rates (7.2% [95% CI, 7.1%-7.2%] vs 5.6% [95% CI, 5.6%-5.6%]). For the 10 admission diagnoses with the highest readmission prevalence, the adjusted rates were 17.0% to 66.0% greater in hospitals with high vs low readmission rates. For example, sickle cell rates were 20.1% (95% CI, 20.0%-20.3%) vs 12.7% (95% CI, 12.6%-12.8%) in high vs low hospitals, respectively. CONCLUSIONS AND RELEVANCE Among patients admitted to acute care pediatric hospitals, the rate of unplanned readmissions at 30 days was 6.5%. There was significant variability in readmission rates across conditions and hospitals. These data may be useful for hospitals' quality improvement efforts.
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- Jay G Berry
- Division of General Pediatrics, Boston Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, 300 Longwood Ave, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
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Tasslimi A, Nakamura MM, Levine O, Knoll MD, Russell LB, Sinha A. Cost effectiveness of child pneumococcal conjugate vaccination in GAVI-eligible countries. Int Health 2011; 3:259-69. [DOI: 10.1016/j.inhe.2011.08.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVE To assess adoption of electronic health records (EHRs) and clinical functionalities, involvement in health information exchange, and barriers to and facilitators of adoption among children's hospitals in the United States. DESIGN Survey presented as an information technology supplement to the American Hospital Association's annual member survey. SETTING General acute care children's hospitals in 2008, identified using the membership directory of the National Association of Children's Hospitals and Related Institutions. PARTICIPANTS Chief information officers or equivalent hospital leaders. MAIN EXPOSURES Potential barriers to or facilitators of EHR adoption. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES Rates of EHR adoption, determined using expert-formulated definitions based on presence of essential functionalities, and rates of implementation for individual functionalities and participation in health information exchange. RESULTS Of 155 children's hospitals, 108 (69.7%) responded to the survey. Only 2.8% had a comprehensive EHR, whereas an additional 17.9% had a basic system. Adoption of individual functionalities varied widely; comprehensive implementations of computerized provider order entry for medications and many forms of decision support were reported by fewer than half. In all, 15.7% of hospitals exchanged health information electronically. Hospital characteristics were not associated with EHR adoption or participation in health information exchange. Hospitals identified financing as the most important target for policy strategies. CONCLUSIONS Most children's hospitals lack the minimum functionalities needed for a basic EHR. Ensuring access to adequate financial resources will be critical for inclusion of children's hospitals in efforts to expand EHR use.
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- Mari M Nakamura
- Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Children’s Hospital Boston, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA
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OBJECTIVES We assessed influenza vaccination rates from 1992 to 2002, individual continuity of vaccination, and missed opportunities for vaccination in adolescents with high-risk conditions. METHODS We performed a retrospective observational study of 18 703 adolescents with high-risk conditions who were enrolled in a large health maintenance organization and received care at a multisite practice for >or=1 influenza season and the preceding year, between 1992 and 2002, was performed. Subjects were identified as having a high-risk condition if they had >or=1 visit with an associated International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision, Clinical Modification code during the season or previous year. Influenza vaccination rates were compared by season in logistic regression analyses, using generalized estimating equations for repeated measurements of subjects enrolled for multiple seasons. Vaccination continuity was measured for adolescents who were enrolled for 4 consecutive seasons (1999-2002) as the number of seasons during which vaccine was received. Missed opportunities were defined as visits during the first 4 months of influenza season at which an unvaccinated adolescent did not receive vaccine. RESULTS For adolescents with high-risk conditions, influenza vaccination rates varied from 8.3% to 15.4%. Rates improved significantly from 1992 to 1993, from 8.3% to 12.8%, and again in 2001, reaching 15.4%. Only 11.1% of those enrolled continuously from 1999 to 2002 received vaccine during all 4 seasons. According to season from 1992 to 2002, 45.7% to 53.6% of unvaccinated subjects had >or=1 missed opportunity. CONCLUSIONS Influenza vaccination rates in adolescents with high-risk conditions improved from 1992 to 2002 but were still low in recent years. Individual vaccination continuity was poor. Numerous opportunities already exist for improving coverage.
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- Mari M Nakamura
- Department of Ambulatory Care and Prevention, Children's Hospital Boston, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA.
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Nakamura MM, Simons WW, Samuels R, Daniel J, Mandl KD. Service-oriented architecture for pediatric immunization decision support. AMIA Annu Symp Proc 2007:1056. [PMID: 18694154] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/15/2007] [Revised: 07/20/2007] [Accepted: 10/11/2007] [Indexed: 05/26/2023]
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We integrate a personally-controlled health record (PCHR) with a Department of Public Health (DPH) immunization registry and clinical decision support (CDS) tool, creating an immunization information system using a service-oriented architecture (SOA). This SOA enables the DPH, a trusted authority, to provide CDS to both clinicians and patients/parents.
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- Mari M Nakamura
- Harvard Pediatric Health Services Research Fellowship, Boston, MA, USA
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Nakamura MM, Liew SY, Cummings CA, Brinig MM, Dieterich C, Relman DA. Growth phase- and nutrient limitation-associated transcript abundance regulation in Bordetella pertussis. Infect Immun 2006; 74:5537-48. [PMID: 16988229 PMCID: PMC1594893 DOI: 10.1128/iai.00781-06] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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To survive in a host environment, microbial pathogens must sense local conditions, including nutrient availability, and adjust their growth state and virulence functions accordingly. No comprehensive investigation of growth phase-related gene regulation in Bordetella pertussis has been reported previously. We characterized changes in genome-wide transcript abundance of B. pertussis as a function of growth phase and availability of glutamate, a key nutrient for this organism. Using a Bordetella DNA microarray, we discovered significant changes in transcript abundance for 861 array elements during the transition from log phase to stationary phase, including declining transcript levels of many virulence factor genes. The responses to glutamate depletion exhibited similarities to the responses induced by exit from log phase, including decreased virulence factor transcript levels. However, only 23% of array elements that showed at least a fourfold growth phase-associated difference in transcript abundance also exhibited glutamate depletion-associated changes, suggesting that nutrient limitation may be one of several interacting factors affecting gene regulation during stationary phase. Transcript abundance patterns of a Bvg+ phase-locked mutant revealed that the BvgAS two-component regulatory system is a key determinant of growth phase- and nutrient limitation-related transcriptional control. Several adhesin genes exhibited lower transcript abundance during stationary phase and under glutamate restriction conditions. The predicted bacterial phenotype was confirmed: adherence to bronchoepithelial cells decreased 3.3- and 4.4-fold at stationary phase and with glutamate deprivation, respectively. Growth phase and nutrient availability may serve as cues by which B. pertussis regulates virulence according to the stage of infection or the location within the human airway.
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- Mari M Nakamura
- Department of Pediatrics/Infectious Diseases, Stanford University, Stanford, California, USA
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Nakamura MM, Rohling KL, Shashaty M, Lu H, Tang YW, Edwards KM. Prevalence of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus nasal carriage in the community pediatric population. Pediatr Infect Dis J 2002; 21:917-22. [PMID: 12394812 DOI: 10.1097/00006454-200210000-00006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 89] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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BACKGROUND Reports from various geographic regions indicate that the prevalence of community-acquired methicillin-resistant (MRSA) infection is increasing. The primary reservoir is the anterior nares; nasal carriage is a risk factor for infection in a variety of populations. Little is known about MRSA nasal carriage rates among children in Nashville, TN and the associated likelihood of community MRSA transmission. METHODS Nasal swabs were collected from 500 children at well-child visits at either a university hospital pediatric clinic or a private pediatric office. Cultures were plated onto selective staphylococcal media, with or without oxacillin. isolates were confirmed by coagulase tube testing. Antibiotic susceptibilities were determined for suspected methicillin-resistant isolates by standard broth microdilution methods (National Committee for Clinical Laboratory Standards). Pulsed field gel electrophoresis was used to evaluate epidemiologic relatedness. PCR testing was done to assess for the gene. A parent questionnaire was administered regarding MRSA risk factors. RESULTS Four patients had oxacillin-resistant isolates (MIC >or= 4 microg/ml), and two had borderline resistant isolates (MICs = 1 and 2 microg/ml). One of the borderline-resistant isolates and one of the MRSA isolates had pulsed field gel electrophoresis typing results indicating close relatedness. The gene was present in all resistant isolates and one of the borderline-resistant isolates. Only having a household member employed in a hospital was associated with a greater risk of MRSA nasal carriage (odds ratio, 9.6; P= 0.008). CONCLUSIONS MRSA nasal colonization is present within Nashville's healthy pediatric population. Children with household contacts employed in a hospital are significantly more likely to be colonized.
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- Mari M Nakamura
- Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN, USA
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Eighty-eight patients consecutively admitted to an alcohol treatment program were studied to determine the amount of depressive symptoms on entry to the program and after 4 weeks of treatment. The degree of symptoms was in turn related to various aspects of their drinking behavior. Twenty-two of the patients were classified as having moderate to marked depressive symptoms, 40 had mild symptoms, and 26 had no significant symptoms at the time of entry into the program. Factors in drinking behavior that best characterized those with moderate to marked symptoms were addiction, sleep disturbance, hangover incapacitation, loss of control, neurological signs, and organicity/toxicity. At the end of treatment, only four patients could actually be diagnosed as depressed, while 12 had mild residual symptoms and 72 no longer had significant symptoms. The one factor that clearly distinguished those patients with residual depressive symptoms was the use of drinking for social facilitation. For such individuals, bars and drinking were the focus of social life. The favorable course of depressive symptoms in alcoholics soon after they stop drinking suggests that they are more likely the consequence of drinking than the cause of it. The fact that patients who drink primarily to facilitate social aspects of their lives were the most likely to have residual symptoms suggests that treatment of such individuals should involve development of alternative mechanisms of social interaction.
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