Jacqueline E McLaughlin, Kathryn A Morbitzer, Bethany Volkmar, Suzanne C Harris, Charlene R Williams, Michael D Wolcott, Michael B Jarstfer, Carla Y White
Designing an Inclusive Learning Training Series for Pharmacy Educators
Pharmacy (Basel, Switzerland)
orbital intracranial complications pediatric acute rhinosinusitis ars uncommon risk significant morbidity hospital utilization financial burden entities often high sought assess utilization trends complicated ars elucidate factors influence cost analysis kids inpatient database 2006 2009 2012 children selected based diagnosis codes ars grouped uncomplicated ars orbital complications oc intracranial complications ic patients ic subdivided abscess ica meningitis sinus thrombosis length stay los cost management information analysed data presented median iqr weighted total 20775 children included oc ic observed 109 27 patients los longer ic compared oc 9 8 v 4 3days p 0001 daily cost ic greater oc 2861 4044 v 1683 1187 p 0001 likely due differences need surgery ic 663 v oc 371 p 0001 within ica group patients received otolaryngologic ent neurosurgery compared neurosurgery alone higher total cost 41474 41976 v 32299 18235 p 0001 similar los 12 10 v 11 9 days p 0783 children ic required surgery oc counterparts resulting longer los increased cost within ica group addition ent surgery neurosurgery resulted higher costs similar los considering increased costs additional benefit ent surgery children ic investigated