Open AccessClinical Influenza Testing Practices in Hospitalized Children at United States Medical Centers, 2015-2018
Author(s) -
Mark W Tenforde,
Angela P Campbell,
Marian G. Michaels,
Christopher J. Harrison,
Eileen J. Klein,
Janet A. Englund,
Rangaraj Selvarangan,
Natasha Halasa,
Laura S Stewart,
Geoffrey A. Weinberg,
John V. Williams,
Peter G. Szilâgyi,
Mary Allen Staat,
Julie A. Boom,
Leila C Sahni,
Monica N Singer,
Parvin H. Azimi,
Richard K. Zimmerman,
Monica McNeal,
H. Keipp Talbot,
Arnold S. Monto,
Emily T. Martin,
Manjusha Gaglani,
Fernanda P. Silveira,
Donald B. Middleton,
Jill M. Ferdinands,
Melissa A Rolfes
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
journal of the pediatric infectious diseases society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.269
H-Index - 31
eISSN - 2048-7207
pISSN - 2048-7193
DOI - 10.1093/jpids/piab096
Subject(s) - medicine , respiratory illness , pediatrics , influenza season , emergency medicine , intensive care medicine , family medicine , respiratory system , influenza vaccine , vaccination , virology
At nine US hospitals that enrolled children hospitalized with acute respiratory illness (ARI) during 2015-2016 through 2017-2018 influenza seasons, 50% of children with ARI received clinician-initiated testing for influenza and 35% of cases went undiagnosed due to lack of clinician-initiated testing. Marked heterogeneity in testing practice was observed across sites.