2023
DOI: 10.1097/pec.0000000000003008
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Evaluating the Proportion of Low-Value Blood Cultures Obtained in a Pediatric Emergency Department

John Graham,
Fahd A. Ahmad,
Sarah Bram
et al.

Abstract: Background Existing literature suggests that for some pediatric conditions, blood cultures may be of low value in specific clinical circumstances. The goals of our study were to: 1) identify common pediatric illnesses and define criteria for low-value blood cultures in children aged from 91 days to 19 years, 2) apply these criteria retrospectively to identify the patients in our emergency department (ED) who had low-value blood cultures obtained, and 3) describe this cohort and assess the proportio… Show more

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