Table 3.

Conditions Cared for in US Pediatric Observation Units

	King's County Downstate Brooklyn	Children's Hospital Buffalo	Minneapolis Children's	Children's Hospital Boston	Connecticut Children's	Children's Hospital Denver	John Hopkin's Bayview	Children's Hospital of Philadelphia	Primary Children's Medical Center Salt Lake City
Respiratory		•				•
Asthma	•		•	•	•		•	•	•
Pneumonia	•			•			•	•	•
Bronchiolitis	•			•			•	•	•
Croup	•		•	•	•		•	•	•
Allergic reaction			•					•
Cardiology								•
Gastrointestinal	•	•				•
Vomiting					•			•	•
Gastro/Dehydration			•	•	•		•	•	•
Abdominal pain					•		•	•	•
Constipation									•
Diabetes								•
Neurologic		•				•
Seizure	•				•		•	•	•
Head Injury	•		•		•			•	•
Infection		•				•	•
Sepsis evaluation				•					•
UTI/pyelonephritis	•			•				•	•
Cellulitis				•				•	•
Fever						•		•	•
Pharyngitis								•
Otitis media								•
Adenitis								•
Ingestion/Poisoning	•	•	•		•	•	•	•	•
Hematologic			•			•		•
Sickle Cell Disease	•
Transfusion/Infusion			•						•
Psych/social	•	•			•		•	•
Dental								•
Surgical conditions
Foreign Body								•	•
Trauma		•				•	•	•
Burn							•
Orthopaedic Injury					•			•	•
Post-op complication								•	•
Scheduled Care
Diagnostic work-up	•				•				•
Procedures/sedation					•				•
Elective surgery		•	•		•				•