Improving Anaphylaxis Care: The Impact of a Clinical Pathway.

Abstract:

BACKGROUND:Recommended durations of observation after anaphylaxis have been widely variable, with many ranging from 4 to 24 hours. Prolonged durations often prompt admission for ongoing observation. METHODS:In a multidisciplinary quality improvement initiative, we revised our emergency department (ED) anaphylaxis clinical pathway. Our primary aim was to safely decrease the recommended length of observation from 8 to 4 hours and thereby decrease unnecessary hospitalizations. Secondary aims included provider education on anaphylaxis diagnostic criteria, emphasizing epinephrine as first-line therapy, and implementing a practice of discharging ED patients with an epinephrine autoinjector in hand. The study period consisted of the 18 months before pathway revision (baseline) and the 18 months after revision. RESULTS:The overall admission rate decreased from 58.2% (106 of 182) in the baseline period to 25.3% (65 of 257) after pathway revision (P < .0001). There was no significant difference in the percentage of patients returning to the ED within 72 hours, and there were no adverse outcomes or deaths throughout the study period. After pathway revision, the median time to first epinephrine administration for the most critical patients was 10 minutes, and 85.4% (164 of 192) of patients were discharged with an epinephrine autoinjector in hand. CONCLUSIONS:By revising an anaphylaxis clinical pathway, we were able to streamline the care of patients with anaphylaxis presenting to a busy pediatric ED, without any compromise in safety. Most notably, decreasing the recommended length of observation from 8 to 4 hours resulted in a near 60% reduction in the average rate of admission.

journal_name

Pediatrics

journal_title

Pediatrics

authors

Lee J,Rodio B,Lavelle J,Lewis MO,English R,Hadley S,Molnar J,Jacobstein C,Cianferoni A,Spergel J,Zielinski L,Tsarouhas N,Brown-Whitehorn T

doi

10.1542/peds.2017-1616

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Has Abstract

pub_date

2018-05-01 00:00:00

issue

5

eissn

0031-4005

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1098-4275

pii

peds.2017-1616

journal_volume

141

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