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Gold NB, Kritzer A, Weiner DL, et al. Emergency Laboratory Evaluations for Patients With Inborn Errors of Metabolism. Pediatr Emerg Care. 2021;37(12):e1154-e1159doi: 10.1097/PEC.0000000000001936.
Gold, N. B., Kritzer, A., Weiner, D. L., & Michelson, K. A. (2021). Emergency Laboratory Evaluations for Patients With Inborn Errors of Metabolism. Pediatric emergency care, 37(12), e1154-e1159. https://doi.org/10.1097/PEC.0000000000001936
Gold, Nina B, et al. "Emergency Laboratory Evaluations for Patients With Inborn Errors of Metabolism." Pediatric emergency care vol. 37,12 (2021): e1154-e1159. doi: https://doi.org/10.1097/PEC.0000000000001936
Gold NB, Kritzer A, Weiner DL, Michelson KA. Emergency Laboratory Evaluations for Patients With Inborn Errors of Metabolism. Pediatr Emerg Care. 2021 Dec 01;37(12):e1154-e1159. doi: 10.1097/PEC.0000000000001936. PMID: 31738301.
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Pediatr Emerg Care. 2021 Dec 01;37(12):e1154-e1159. doi: 10.1097/PEC.0000000000001936.

Emergency Laboratory Evaluations for Patients With Inborn Errors of Metabolism.

Pediatric emergency care

Nina B Gold, Amy Kritzer, Debra L Weiner, Kenneth A Michelson

Affiliations

  1. Divisions of Genetics and Genomics.
  2. Emergency Medicine, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts.

PMID: 31738301 DOI: 10.1097/PEC.0000000000001936

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Children with inborn errors of metabolism (IEM) are at risk for metabolic crises triggered by acute illnesses. Crises are identified through laboratory evaluations.

OBJECTIVES: Our objective was to determine national adherence to minimum laboratory evaluations for patients with IEM in emergency departments (EDs), as well as factors associated with laboratory evaluation adherence.

METHODS: Using the Pediatric Health Information System, we identified visits to 48 EDs from 2012 to 2017 by children with IEM. We analyzed visits for catabolic conditions (dehydration, gastroenteritis, or vomiting) and determined variation in minimum laboratory evaluation adherence. Multivariable models were created to determine predictors of adherence.

RESULTS: Among the visits by children with disorders of the urea cycle, organic acid metabolism, and fatty acid oxidation, 1457 (76.3%) of 1909 adhered to the minimum laboratory evaluation. Median ED-level adherence was 78.2% (interquartile range, 67.4-92.5). Factors associated with adherence were disorder [fatty acid oxidation vs urea cycle disorder; adjusted odds ratio (aOR), 9.35; 95% confidence interval (CI), 4.07-21.47], annual ED volume of patients with IEM (quartile 4 vs 1; aOR, 3.58; 95% CI, 1.51-8.49), and presence of a biochemical genetics fellowship (aOR, 0.29; 95% CI, 0.14-0.62).

CONCLUSIONS: Patients with IEM frequently did not receive minimum laboratory evaluations for catabolic conditions. Measures to improve laboratory use in children with IEM should be undertaken.

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