Publications by authors named "Andrea Triplett"

Objectives: To identify demographic and clinical characteristics of children with fever and/or respiratory illness associated with a diagnosis of bacterial tracheostomy-associated respiratory tract infections (bTARTI). Secondary objectives included comparison of diagnostic testing, length of stay (LOS), and readmission rates between children diagnosed with bTARTI and others.

Methods: We performed a retrospective chart review of encounters over 1 year for fever and/or respiratory illness at a single academic children's hospital for children with tracheostomy dependence.

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Objective: We examined asthma control in children hospitalized for status asthmaticus 7-10 days after discharge with or without an additional prescription for systemic corticosteroids.

Methods: This was a prospective observational study of patients aged 5-17 years with a documented history of asthma or β-agonist responsive wheezing admitted to the hospital for an acute asthma exacerbation. We compared patients who had any systemic corticosteroid prescribed at discharge with those who were not prescribed systemic corticosteroids at discharge.

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