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. 2020 Sep 15;4(1):e000687. doi: 10.1136/bmjpo-2020-000687

Table 3.

Management (diagnostics, treatment, hospital admission and PICU admission), descriptive

Total (n=119 204) Office hours*
(n=50 417)
Evening shift
(n=36 429)
Night shift
(n=14 138)
Day shift weekend
(n=18 220)
Mean % (interhospital range)
Laboratory diagnostics
Any laboratory test (n=119 204) 22.2 (11.7–40.6) 18.6 (9.2–33.0) 21.5 (9.8–40.0) 20.2 (8.0–33.3)
Urine tests (n=50 473)† 20.2 (11.0–23.5) 17.1 (8.1–22.3) 20.2 (13.9–23.2) 16.6 (7.7–19.6)
Blood tests (n=66 029)† 21.9 (11.7–26.7) 15.2 (9.2–20.3) 20.4 (9.8–30.5) 17.2 (7.9–23.5)
Imaging diagnostics
X-ray (n=119 204) 19.5 (6.0–24.7) 19.4 (3.7–40.9) 12.1 (4.3–17.1) 17.4 (5.5–41.2)
Ultrasound (n=119 204) 2.7 (1.5–6.0) 1.7 (0.5–2.9) 1.2 (0.5–4.1) 2.2 (0.6–4.2)
CT (n=119 204) 1.2 (0.7–2.5) 1 (0.6–2.4) 0.9 (0.4–2.3) 1 (0.5–2.1)
Treatment
Oral medication (n=108 621)† 13.9 (8.0–34.3) 17.2 (8.6–41.8) 23.5 (14.9–45.1) 16.5 (8.2–39.7)
Inhaled medication (n=119 204) 6.5 (3.6–8.7) 6.5 (3.5–9.0) 12 (6.0–15.4) 6.9 (3.5–9.8)
IV medication or fluids (n=119 204) 7.3 (4.1–14.0) 7 (4.2–11.3) 11.3 (4.6–19.4) 7.8 (3.4–12.0)
ILI (n=119 204) 0.3 (0.0–1.1) 0.3 (0.0–1.2) 0.5 (0.0–1.9) 0.4 (0.1–1.2)
Hospital admission (n=119 204)
Yes 9.7 (4.3–22.6) 10.2 (5.0–24.2) 14.3 (8.8–38.4) 9.9 (4.6–22.4)
PICU admission (n=119 204)
Yes 0.6 (0.1–2.3) 0.5 (0.1–2.8) 0.8 (0.2–4.7) 0.6 (0.0–2.7)

*Office hours=day shift week.

†Not all variables were complete for all hospitals, making the total number less than 119 204.

ILI, immediate lifesaving interventions; IV, intravenous; PICU, paediatric intensive care unit.