TABLE 2.

Patient outcomes based on ED bursal aspiration and ED disposition among patients with olecranon bursitis for whom follow‐up was available

Characteristic	Patients a
	ED bursal aspiration (n = 3)	Admitted (n = 38)	Dismissed with antibiotics (n = 134)	Dismissed without antibiotics (n = 67)	All patients (N = 242)	p‐value d
Uncomplicated resolution	2 (66)	34 (89)	118 (88)	61 (91)	215 (88.8)	0.496
Subsequent interventions
Subsequent hospitalization	1 (25)	0 (0)	9 (7)	2 (3)	12 (5.0)	0.053
Bursal surgery	0 (0)	0 (0)	0 (0)	1 (1)	1 (0.4)	—
Subsequent bursal aspiration	0 (0)	4 (10)	8 (6)	2 (3)	14 (5.8)	0.411
Incision and drainage	0 (0)	0 (0)	0 (0)	1 (1)	1 (0.4)	0.446
Non‐ED aspiration provider b						—
Primary care	0 (0)	0 (0)	3 (38)	2 (100)	5 (36)
Rheumatology	0 (0)	0 (0)	3 (38)	0 (0)	3 (21)
Orthopedics	0 (0)	3 (75)	0 (0)	0 (0)	3 (21)
Other	0 (0)	1 (25)	2 (25)	0 (0)	3 (21)
Bursitis‐related subsequent visits	2 (67)	31 (82)	79 (59)	26 (39)	139 (57.8)	0.002
Subsequent visits c
Primary care	1 (50)	21 (66)	49 (61)	19 (73)	90 (64.3)
Rheumatology	0 (0)	0 (0)	0 (0)	1 (4)	1 (0.7)
Orthopedics	0 (0)	1 (3)	3 (4)	2 (8)	6 (4.3)
Infectious disease	0 (0)	6 (19)	1 (1)	0 (0)	7 (5.0)
ED	1 (50)	1 (3)	23 (29)	3 (12)	28 (20)
Other or multiple	0 (0)	2 (6)	3 (4)	1 (4)	6 (4.3)
Antibiotic complications						—
Allergic reaction	0 (0)	0 (0)	1 (1)	0 (0)	1 (0.4)
Anaphylaxis	0 (0)	0 (0)	0 (0)	0 (0)	0 (0)
C. difficile colitis	0 (0)	0 (0)	0 (0)	0 (0)	0 (0)
Clinically significant diarrhea	0 (0)	0 (0)	0 (0)	0 (0)	0 (0)
Other	0 (0)	0 (0)	0 (0)	0 (0)	0 (0)

Data are reported as n (%).

^a Unless otherwise noted.

^b Includes both outpatient and inpatient aspirations. Percentages are given relative to the number of follow‐up aspirations.

^c Percentages are given relative to the number of patients with bursitis‐related subsequent visits.

^d p‐values are from comparisons between the four disposition groups given in the table using Fisher's exact tests for categorical features.