Relationship of Physician-identified Patient Race and Ethnicity to Use of Computed Tomography in Pediatric Blunt Torso Trauma
| Autor: | Natale, JE, Joseph, JG, Rogers, AJ, Tunik, M, Monroe, D, Kerrey, B, Bonsu, BK, Cook, LJ, Page, K, Adelgais, K, Quayle, K, Kuppermann, N, Holmes, JF |
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| Přispěvatelé: | Walthall, Jennifer DH |
| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
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Physical Injury - Accidents and Adverse Effects Adolescent European Continental Ancestry Group Clinical Sciences Ethnic Groups Abdominal Injuries White People Decision Support Techniques Hospital Clinical Research Odds Ratio Ethnicity Humans Nonpenetrating Prospective Studies Child Preschool Tomography Pediatric African Americans Physician-Patient Relations Emergency Service screening and diagnosis Whites Hispanic or Latino Emergency & Critical Care Medicine X-Ray Computed Black or African American Detection Good Health and Well Being Wounds Public Health and Health Services Biomedical Imaging Female Hispanic Americans Digestive Diseases 4.2 Evaluation of markers and technologies |
| Zdroj: | Academic emergency medicine : official journal of the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine, vol 23, iss 5 Natale, JE; Joseph, JG; Rogers, AJ; Tunik, M; Monroe, D; Kerrey, B; et al.(2016). Relationship of Physician-identified Patient Race and Ethnicity to Use of Computed Tomography in Pediatric Blunt Torso Trauma. Academic Emergency Medicine, 23(5), 584-590. doi: 10.1111/acem.12943. UC Davis: Retrieved from: http://www.escholarship.org/uc/item/3fz87780 |
| Popis: | © 2016 by the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine. Objectives The objective was to determine whether a child's race or ethnicity as determined by the treating physician is independently associated with receiving abdominal computed tomography (CT) after blunt torso trauma. Methods We performed a planned secondary analysis of a prospective observational cohort of children < 18 years old presenting within 24 hours of blunt torso trauma to 20 North American emergency departments (EDs) participating in a pediatric research network, 2007-2010. Treating physicians documented race/ethnicity as white non-Hispanic, black non-Hispanic, or Hispanic. Using a previously derived clinical prediction rule, we classified each child's risk for having an intra-abdominal injury undergoing acute intervention to define injury severity. We performed multivariable analyses using generalized estimating equations to control for confounding and for clustering of children within hospitals. Results Among 12,044 enrolled patients, treating physicians documented race/ethnicity as white non-Hispanic (n = 5,847, 54.0%), black non-Hispanic (n = 3,687, 34.1%), or Hispanic of any race (n = 1,291, 11.9%). Overall, 51.8% of white non-Hispanic, 32.7% of black non-Hispanic, and 44.2% of Hispanic children underwent abdominal CT imaging. After age, sex, abdominal ultrasound use, risk for intra-abdominal injury undergoing acute intervention, and hospital clustering were adjusted for, the likelihood of receiving an abdominal CT was lower (odds ratio [OR] = 0.8, 95% confidence interval [CI] = 0.7 to 0.9) for black non-Hispanic than for white non-Hispanic children. For Hispanic children, the likelihood of receiving an abdominal CT did not differ from that observed in white non-Hispanic children (OR = 0.9, 95% CI = 0.8 to 1.1). Conclusions After blunt torso trauma, pediatric patients identified by the treating physicians as black non-Hispanic were less likely to receive abdominal CT imaging than those identified as white non-Hispanic. This suggests that nonclinical factors influence clinician decision-making regarding use of abdominal CT in children. Further studies should focus on explaining how patient race can affect provider choices regarding ED radiographic imaging. |
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