TABLE 4.
Multivariable Analysis of Delayed Acyclovir and LOS in Children With Primary Discharge Diagnosis Code 054.0
| Variable | Acyclovir Day of Initiation |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4–7 | |
| Adjusted β coefficient (95% CI)a | Reference | 0.11 (0.02–0.20) | 0.35 (0.13–0.56) | 0.56 (0.32–0.80) |
| Adjusted percent increase in LOS (95% CI)a | — | 11 (2–22) | 41 (14–75) | 76 (38–124) |
| P | — | .02 | .002 | <.001 |
a
The model was also adjusted for receipt of oral or intravenous antibiotics during the hospitalization, receipt of topical antibiotics, receipt of topical corticosteroids, bloodstream infection, S aureus infection, testing with blood culture, herpes simplex virus testing, and race/ethnicity.