title: An audit of mastitis in the emergency department.
abstract: A medical audit was conducted in 1997 of hospital records of women attending the emergency department of the Royal Women's Hospital in Melbourne, Australia, in 1996 with a diagnosis of "mastitis." One hundred and seven women were diagnosed with mastitis; approximately half were primiparous (53%) and the median age of the baby was 14 days. Most women (69%) attended the emergency department after normal working hours. Thirty-nine percent of the women were afebrile, and only 27% had a temperature of 38.5C or higher. The majority of women were prescribed flucloxacillin. Milk culture was obtained in only 15 cases, and Staphylococcus aureus was the most common pathogen.
authors.affiliation: Key Centre for Women's Health, University of Melbourne, Carlton, Australia.
authors.forename: L H
authors.initials: LH
authors.lastname: Amir
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Harris
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Andriske
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001315:Australia; D004636:Emergency Service, Hospital / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D004638:Emergency Treatment / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D005436:Floxacillin / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008413:Mastitis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000382:microbiology; D008485:Medical Audit; D008875:Middle Aged; D010406:Penicillins / Q000627:therapeutic use; D013997:Time Factors
chemical_list: D010406:Penicillins; D005436:Floxacillin