Table 2.
Healthcare Received by Children and Young Adults With Sepsis Before the Sepsis Hospitalization, by Age Group
| Characteristic | Age Group | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total (N = 736) | 30 Days–11 Months (n = 90) | 1–4 Years (n = 145) | 5–12 Years (n = 219) | 13–21 Years (n = 282) | |
| Outpatient visit in the 7 d before sepsis hospitalizationa | |||||
| Any of the included visits | 241 (32.7) | 33 (36.7) | 52 (35.9) | 71 (32.4) | 85 (30.1) |
| Medical or pediatric subspecialty | 74 (10.1) | 7 (7.8) | 21 (14.5) | 21 (9.6) | 25 (8.9) |
| Primary care | 74 (10.1) | 12 (13.3) | 16 (11.0) | 17 (7.8) | 29 (10.3) |
| Emergency department | 65 (8.8) | 14 (15.6) | 8 (5.5) | 16 (7.3) | 27 (9.6) |
| Urgent care | 13 (1.8) | 1 (1.1) | 5 (3.4) | 3 (1.4) | 4 (1.4) |
| Surgery | 6 (0.8) | 0 | 0 | 6 (2.7) | 0 |
| Physical, occupational, or speech therapy | 3 (0.4) | 0 | 2 (1.4) | 1 (0.5) | 0 |
| Dental | 1 (0.1) | 0 | 1 (0.7) | 0 | 0 |
| Otherb | 25 (3.4) | 2 (2.2) | 3 (2.1) | 12 (5.5) | 8 (2.8) |
| Unknown type of visit | 1 (0.1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 (0.4) |
| Treatments or procedures in the 30 d before sepsis hospitalization | |||||
| Any of the included treatments or procedures | 313 (42.5) | 29 (32.2) | 73 (50.3) | 96 (43.8) | 115 (40.8) |
| Antimicrobial medications | 263 (35.7) | 27 (30.0) | 62 (42.8) | 78 (35.6) | 96 (34.0) |
| Cancer chemotherapy | 76 (10.3) | 2 (2.2) | 16 (11.0) | 28 (12.8) | 30 (10.6) |
| Surgery | 35 (4.8) | 5 (5.6) | 12 (8.3) | 12 (5.5) | 6 (2.1) |
| Wound care | 14 (1.9) | 2 (2.2) | 2 (1.4) | 6 (2.7) | 4 (1.4) |
| Chronic dialysis | 4 (0.5) | 0 | 2 (1.4) | 1 (0.5) | 1 (0.4) |
| Devices present in the 30 d before sepsis hospitalization | |||||
| Any of the included devices | 264 (35.9) | 21 (23.3) | 68 (46.9) | 83 (37.9) | 92 (32.6) |
| Gastrostomy or jejunostomy tube | 159 (21.6) | 13 (14.4) | 53 (36.6) | 50 (22.8) | 43 (15.2) |
| Central line | 132 (17.9) | 8 (8.9) | 33 (22.8) | 41 (18.7) | 50 (17.7) |
| Mechanical ventilator | 33 (4.5) | 5 (5.6) | 9 (6.2) | 9 (4.1) | 10 (3.5) |
| Tracheostomy | 27 (3.7) | 1 (1.1) | 10 (6.9) | 11 (5.0) | 5 (1.8) |
| Urinary catheter | 17 (2.3) | 1 (1.1) | 1 (0.7) | 6 (2.7) | 9 (3.2) |
| Admission for ≥2 d to a healthcare facility in the 30 d before sepsis hospitalization | |||||
| Hospital | 164 (22.3) | 29 (32.2) | 35 (24.1) | 47 (21.5) | 53 (18.8) |
| Long-term acute care hospital | 1 (0.1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 (0.4) |
| Nursing home | 4 (0.5) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 (1.4) |
| Admission for ≥2 d to a healthcare facility in the 90 d before sepsis hospitalization | |||||
| Hospital | 217 (29.5) | 39 (43.3) | 52 (35.9) | 65 (29.7) | 61 (21.6) |
| Long-term acute care hospital | 1 (0.1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 (0.4) |
| Nursing home | 4 (0.5) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 (1.4) |
Data are presented as No. (%).
a
Includes outpatient encounters that occurred from 1 to 7 days before the day of admission. Excludes encounters that were reported to occur on the same day as hospital admission and encounters with missing dates.
b
Other visits include visits to infusion clinics, laboratories, or radiology. Seven patients were reported to have visited a hospital; these were included since the specific type of location visited within the hospital was not reported and could have been an outpatient location.