Hospital discharges for @entity221 and @entity1398 in @entity5 XXXX : United States, 2009.

@entity1 @entity43 @entity851 @entity697 @entity242 @entity5 @entity281 @entity1398 @entity1800 @entity1729 @entity978 @entity221
BACKGROUND: Fever and @entity1398 (FN) is a common complication of @entity5 treatment, but hospital utilization patterns for this condition are not well described. METHODS: Data were analyzed from the Kids' Inpatient Database (KID), an all-payer US hospital database, for 2009. Pediatric FN @entity1 were identified using: age  <=19  years, urgent or emergent admit type, non-transferred, and a combination of ICD-9-CM codes for @entity221 and @entity1398 . Sampling weights were used to permit national inferences. RESULTS: @entity5 @entity1 accounted for 1.5 % of pediatric hospital discharges in 2009 (n   =   110,967), with 10.1 % of @entity5 -related discharges meeting FN criteria (n   =   11,261). Two-fifths of FN discharges had a "short length of stay" ( @entity851 ) of  <=3  days, which accounted for approximately  65.5 million in hospital charges. @entity1729 (6.0 %) and @entity697 ( @entity697 ) (3.7 %) were the most common @entity281 associated with @entity851 . Factors significantly associated with @entity851 included living in the Midwest region (OR   =   1.65, 1.22-2.24) or West region (OR 1.54, 1.11-2.14) versus Northeast, having a diagnosis of @entity697 (OR   =   1.39, 1.03-1.87) or @entity1800 (OR   =   1.63, 1.18-2.25) versus those without those comorbidities, and having a soft tissue @entity242 (OR   =   1.47, 1.05-2.04), @entity978 (OR   =   2.33, 1.62-3.35), or an @entity43 (OR   =   1.76, 1.05-2.95) compared with @entity1 without these diagnoses. CONCLUSION: FN represents a common precipitant for hospitalizations among @entity5 @entity1 . @entity851 admissions are rarely associated with serious @entity281 , but contribute substantially to the burden of hospitalization for pediatric FN.
