Authors
Marie-Pier Lirette, Nathan Kuppermann, Yaron Finkelstein, Roger Zemek, Amy C Plint, Todd Adam Florin, Franz E Babl, Stuart Dalziel, Stephen Freedman, Damian Roland, Mark David Lyttle, David Schnadower, Dale Steele, Ricardo M Fernandes, Derek Stephens, Anupam Kharbanda, David W Johnson, Charles Macias, Javier Benito, Suzanne Schuh
Publication date
2022/12/1
Journal
BMJ open
Volume
12
Issue
12
Pages
e059784
Publisher
British Medical Journal Publishing Group
Description
Objectives
We aimed to evaluate the international variation in the use of evidence-based management (EBM) in bronchiolitis. We hypothesised that management consistent with full-EBM practices is associated with the research network of care, adjusted for patient-level characteristics. Secondary objectives were to determine the association between full-EBM and (1) hospitalisation and (2) emergency department (ED) revisits resulting in hospitalisation within 21 days.
Design
A secondary analysis of a retrospective cohort study.
Setting
38 paediatric EDs belonging to the Paediatric Emergency Research Network in Canada, USA, Australia/New Zealand UK/Ireland and Spain/Portugal.
Patients
Otherwise healthy infants 2–11 months old diagnosed with bronchiolitis between 1 January 2013 and 31 December, 2013.
Outcome measures
Primary outcome was management consistent with full-EBM, that is, no bronchodilators …
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