Comparing Pediatric Physical Trauma Outcomes by Special Health Care Needs Status

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BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Children and Youth with Special Health Care Needs (CYSHCN) have differing risk factors and injury characteristics compared with peers without special health care needs (SHCN). We examined the association between SHCN status and complications, mortality, and length of stay (LOS) after trauma hospitalization.

METHODS: We conducted a cross-sectional study using 2018 data from the National Trauma Data Bank for patients aged 1 to 18 years (n = 108 062). We examined the following hospital outcomes: any complication reported, unplanned admission to the ICU, in-hospital mortality, and hospital and ICU LOS. Multivariate regression models estimated the effect of SHCN status on hospital outcomes after controlling for patient demographics, injury severity score, and Glasgow Coma Score. Subanalyses examined outcomes by age, SHCN, and injury severity score.

RESULTS: CYSHCN encounters had a greater adjusted relative risk (ARR) of any hospital complications (ARR = 2.980) and unplanned admission to the ICU (ARR = 1.996) than encounters that did not report a SHCN (P < .001). CYSHCN had longer hospital (incidence rate ratio = 1.119) and ICU LOS (incidence rate ratio = 1.319, both P < .001). There were no statistically significant in-hospital mortality differences between CYSHCN and those without. Lower severity trauma was associated with a greater ARR of hospital complications for CYSHCN encounters versus non-CYSHCN encounters.

CONCLUSIONS: CYSHCN, particularly those with lower-acuity injuries, are at greater risk for developing complications and requiring more care after trauma hospitalization. Future studies may examine mechanisms of hospital complications for traumatic injuries among CYSHCN to develop prevention and risk-minimization strategies.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:13

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Hospital pediatrics - 13(2023), 9 vom: 01. Sept., Seite 849-856

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Lillvis, Denise F [VerfasserIn]
Sheehan, Karen M [VerfasserIn]
Yu, Jihnhee [VerfasserIn]
Noyes, Katia [VerfasserIn]
Harmon, Carroll [VerfasserIn]
Kuo, Dennis Z [VerfasserIn]

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Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.

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Date Completed 04.09.2023

Date Revised 16.11.2023

published: Print

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1542/hpeds.2023-007226

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM360834507