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Michael J Gouzoulis¹, Ally Yang, Peter Y Joo

¹Department of Orthopaedics and Rehabilitation, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT.

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Over 10% of pediatric patients with humerus fractures visit the emergency department (ED) within 90 days. Risk factors for these visits include prior ED use, diabetes, obesity, asthma, and surgery for the fracture.

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Area of Science:

Orthopedic Surgery
Pediatric Emergency Medicine
Health Services Research

Background:

Pediatric supracondylar humerus fractures are common and frequently require surgical intervention.
Post-management emergency department (ED) visits for these fractures are not well-characterized.
Understanding these visits is crucial for patient care and resource allocation.

Purpose of the Study:

To characterize emergency department (ED) visits within 90 days after pediatric supracondylar humerus fracture diagnosis and management.
To identify predictive factors associated with these subsequent ED visits.

Main Methods:

Retrospective analysis of a large administrative database (2010-2021) of pediatric patients (<13 years) with supracondylar humerus fractures.
Stratification of patients based on ED visits within 90 days post-injury/surgery.
Multivariate logistic regression to identify predictors of ED utilization.

Main Results:

11.1% of 92,994 pediatric supracondylar humerus fractures resulted in at least one ED visit within 90 days.
Nearly half of all ED visits (46.1%) occurred within two weeks post-fracture, with over half unrelated to the elbow.
Predictors for ED visits included prior ED history, diabetes, surgical intervention, obesity, asthma, Medicaid insurance, and younger age.

Conclusions:

More than 1 in 10 pediatric patients with supracondylar humerus fractures visit the ED within 90 days post-injury/surgery.
This highlights the need for close patient monitoring after initial management.
Identified risk factors can guide targeted quality improvement initiatives for high-risk patients.