Outcomes of Children Discharged from the Emergency Department With a Pending Blood Culture
Children discharged with a pending blood culture have higher rates of significant bacteremia and other clinically important return visits than children discharged without a blood culture, though absolute rates of these outcomes were low. Improved guidelines are needed to better identify children who require blood cultures.
Authors
- Jacqueline B. Corboy (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6428-2444)
- Parul P. Soni
- Kenneth A. Michelson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1763-7262)
- Jennifer Y. Colgan
- Elizabeth R. Alpern (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7887-3563)
- Sriram Ramgopal (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1389-5726)
Institutions
- Lurie Children's Hospital (US)
- Lurie Children's Hospital (US)
- Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center of Northwestern University
Publication Details
- Journal
- Pediatric Emergency Care
- Published
- 2026-02-05
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1097/pec.0000000000003568
- Primary Topic
- Bacterial Identification and Susceptibility Testing
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00