Should infants presenting with an apparent life-threatening event undergo evaluation for serious bacterial infections and respiratory pathogens?
We sought to identify which patients with an apparent life-threatening event require infectious evaluation through an analysis of infants aged ≤12 months brought to an emergency department with an apparent life-threatening event. Among the 533 children evaluated, there were no cases of meningitis, 1 case of bacteremia, 17 cases of urinary tract infection, 22 cases of bacterial pneumonia, 22 cases of respiratory syncytial virus, and 2 cases of influenza virus identified in respiratory specimens.
Department of Emergency Medicine, Keck School of Medicine, LAC+USC Medical Center, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA; Department of Pediatrics, Keck School of Medicine, LAC+USC Medical Center, University of Southern California.
Ilene
I
Claudius
Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA.
Manoj K
MK
Mittal
Medical School, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA.
Ryan
R
Murray
Medical School, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA.
Timothy
T
Condie
Department of Emergency Medicine, Keck School of Medicine, LAC+USC Medical Center, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA.
Genevieve
G
Santillanes
D016470:Bacteremia / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D057768:Brief, Resolved, Unexplained Event / Q000382:microbiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007251:Influenza, Human / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008297:Male; D008581:Meningitis / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D018410:Pneumonia, Bacterial / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D018357:Respiratory Syncytial Virus Infections / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D014552:Urinary Tract Infections / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*