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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2022 Dec 1.
Published in final edited form as: Pediatr Emerg Care. 2021 Dec 1;37(12):e1033–e1038. doi: 10.1097/PEC.0000000000001892

Table 3:

Outcomes Stratified by Pre-Radiograph Plan for Antibiotic prescription

Overall (n=195) Plan to Prescribe Antibiotics (n=68) Do Not Plan to Prescribe Antibiotics (n=127) p-value
Radiographic Pneumonia (n, %) 27 (14.2) 13 (19.4) 14 (11.4) 0.13
Disposition (n, %)
Admit 88 (45.13) 45 (66.2) 43 (33.9) <0.01
Discharge 107 (54.87) 23 (33.8) 84 (66.14)
Receipt of Antibiotics/Prescription in ED (n, %) 68 (34.9) 39 (57.35) 29 (22.83) <0.01
Return to Medical Care within 7–15 Days (n, %) * 60 (44.4) 23(46.0) 37 (43.5) 0.86
Reason for Return to Medical Care
Unscheduled follow-up visit for the same illness 5 (8.3) 1 (4.35) 4 (10.8) 0.56
A scheduled follow-up visit for the same illness 46 (76.7) 20 (86.9) 26 (70.3)
A scheduled follow-up illness for the same illness but the child is getting worse 8 (13.3) 2 (8.7) 6 (16.2)
Well-child/routine visit 1 (1.7) 0 1 (2.7)
*

60 observations lost to follow up