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Published in final edited form as: Pediatr Emerg Care. 2021 Dec 23;38(9):e1564–e1568. doi: 10.1097/PEC.0000000000002608

Table 4.

Comparison between nurse practitioners and physicians during the late vs early era in the testing and treatment of bronchiolitis in the pediatric emergency department.

Variable	Nurse practitioners OR (CI 95%)	Physicians OR (CI 95%)
Chest radiography	0.846 (0.689–1.040)	0.772 (0.667–0.894)^*
Viral testing	0.891 (0.700–1.134)	0.993 (0.838–1.177)
Bronchodilator	0.390 (0.318–0.478)^*	0.518 (0.449–0.596)^*
Corticosteroid	0.823 (0.581–1.165)	0.630 (0.531–0.749)^*
Antibiotics	0.966 (0.666–1.402)	1.136 (0.892–1.446)
Any ToT	0.490 (0.358–0.670)^*	0.558 (0.446–0.698)^*
Disposition	2.012 (0.898–4.506)	1.022 (0.879–1.188)

ToT=test or treatment

P-value <0.05 as statistically significant.