Table II.
Characteristics of Hospital Admissions and Pain Management Strategies Between the Intervention and Control Cohort
| Intervention Cohort n=89 |
Control Cohort n=85 |
p-value | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Primary Discharge Diagnosis | |||
| SCD-Painful Episode | 78 (88%) | 66 (78%) | 0.11 |
| Acute Chest Syndrome | 11 (12%) | 19 (22%) | 0.11 |
| Pain Management | |||
| Duration of IV Pain Meds (days) | 4.5 | 3.6 | 0.35 |
| Ibuprofen Prescribed | 86 (97%) | 68 (80%) | 0.002 |
| Type of Opioid | |||
| Morphine | 73 (82%) | 75 (88%) | 0.29 |
| Hydromorphone | 3 | 6 | 0.32 |
| Fentanyl | 8 | 3 | 0.21 |
| Weaning of Pain Medications | |||
| Wean in First 24 Hours | 26 (29%) | 26 (31%) | 0.87 |
| Average Time Before Wean (days) | 2.4 | 1.8 | 0.39 |
| Duration of Oral Meds Prior to Discharge | |||
| Less than 24 hours | 52 (58%) | 47 (55%) | 0.76 |
| Readmission Visits | 10 | 24 | 0.007 |
| Time to Readmission Visit (days) | 16 | 9.4 | 0.62 |
| Readmission Diagnosis | |||
| SCD-Painful Episode | 6 (60%) | 23 (96%) | 0.02 |
| Asthma | 0 | 1 | 0.49 |
| Fever | 2 | 0 | 0.50 |