Use of Post-Acute Facility Care in Children Hospitalized With Acute Respiratory Illness.

Background: Recovery from respiratory illness (RI), a common reason for hospitalization, can be protracted for some children because of high illness severity or underlying medical complexity.

Objective: We assessed which children hospitalized with RI are the most likely to use post-acute facility care (PAC) for recovery.

Methods: Retrospective analysis of 609,800 hospitalizations for patients in 43 US children's hospitals between 2010- 2015 for RI, identified with the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Clinical Classification System.

Pediatric Hospital Discharges to Home Health and Postacute Facility Care: A National Study.

Importance: Acute care hospitals are challenged to provide efficient, high-quality care to children who have medically complex conditions and may require weeks or months for recovery. Although the use of home health care (HHC) and facility-based postacute care (PAC) after discharge is well documented for adults, to our knowledge, little is known for children.

Objective: To assess the national prevalence of, characteristics of children discharged to, and variation in use across states of HHC and PAC for children.

Pediatric post-acute care hospital transitions: an evaluation of current practice.

Objectives: After discharge from an acute care hospital, some children require ongoing care at a post-acute care hospital. Care transitions occur at both admission to the post-acute care hospital and again at discharge to the home/community. Our objective was to report the current practices used during the admission to and discharge from 7 pediatric post-acute care hospitals in the United States.

Outcomes of post-acute hospital episodes for young children requiring airway support.

In this descriptive study, we examined changes in invasive and non-invasive airway support; studied the rates of home discharge vs. long-term care or acute hospitalization; and examined the relationship between the level of airway support and discharge to home for 92 children (<3 years of age) with 104 admission-discharge episodes to a consortium of pediatric rehabilitation hospitals over a one-year period. We found a significant reduction (p < 0.

Ventilator weaning outcomes in chronic respiratory failure in children.

The purpose of this study was to describe mechanical ventilation weaning outcomes for children with chronic respiratory failure discharged from one of six post-acute rehabilitation facilities. Demographic, clinical and outcome data were collected from the medical record. Forty-four children were included in this prospective series; 20 (45%) were weaned off the ventilator at discharge.