Journal article
Who can have parenteral antibiotics at home? A prospective observational study in children with moderate/severe cellulitis
LF Ibrahim, SM Hopper, FE Babl, PA Bryant
Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal | Published : 2016
Abstract
Background: The benefits of treating children at home or in an ambulatory setting have been well documented. We aimed to describe the characteristics and evaluate the outcomes of children with moderate/severe cellulitis treated at home with intravenous (IV) ceftriaxone via direct referral from the Emergency Department to a hospital-in-the-home (HITH) program. Methods: Patients aged 3 months to 18 years with moderate/severe cellulitis referred from a tertiary pediatric Emergency Department to HITH from September 2012 to January 2014 were prospectively identified. Data collection included demographics, clinical features, microbiological characteristics and outcomes. To ensure home treatment di..
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Funding Acknowledgements
This study is funded in part by grants from the RCH Foundation, the Murdoch Children's Research Institute and the Victorian Department of Health, Melbourne Australia. F.E.B. was supported in part by a grant from the RCH Foundation. The emergency research group, MCRI, is in part supported by a Centre for Research Excellence Grant for Paediatric Emergency Medicine from the National Health and Medical Research Council, Canberra, Australia and the Victorian government infrastructure support program. The funding bodies do not have any authority in collection, management, analysis and interpretation of data. The authors have no conflict of interest to disclose.