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.