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Most of the nationally endorsed indicators were developed for adult patients. It remains to be seen if these indicators can be used with children. (Notice that previous sections typically show Kosair Children's Hospital data in italics, meaning no national comparison is available.) This section lists those indicators that do clearly apply to children. The indicators in this section apply only to Kosair Children's Hospital. Indicators that apply to intensive care of newborns are listed in the section Neonatal ICU Care, and infection control indicators for children are listed in the section Infection Control - Children.

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better than U.S. average near U.S. average worse than U.S. average # = too few eligible cases to calculate a reliable statistic
blank = does not apply
italic number = no comparative data
  Desired Performance Norton Audubon Norton Hospital Norton Suburban Kosair Children's Kentucky U.S.
Children's asthma care - percent of pediatric asthma inpatients
given relievers, age 2-17 high       99.8   99.7
given relievers, age 2-4 high       100.0Quality Ribbon   99.7
given relievers, age 5-12 high       100.0Quality Ribbon   99.7
given relievers, age 13-17 high       98.5   99.7
given systemic corticosteroids, age 2-17 high       100.0Quality Ribbon   98.9
given systemic corticosteroids, age 2-4 high       100.0Quality Ribbon   98.7
given systemic corticosteroids, age 5-12 high       100.0Quality Ribbon   99.0
given systemic corticosteroids, age 13-17 high       100.0Quality Ribbon   99.0
given home management plan of care, age 2-17 high       58.6    
 Desired PerformanceNorton Audubon Norton HospitalNorton SuburbanKosair Children's KentuckyU.S.
Unplanned returns - percent of
ped asthma pats. readmitted w/i 7 days of discharge low       2.33   1.14
ped ED patients who return to ED w/i 48 hours low       1.16   1.77
ped ED pats who return w/i 48 hrs and are hospitalized low       0.35   0.43
 Desired PerformanceNorton Audubon Norton HospitalNorton SuburbanKosair Children's KentuckyU.S.
Pediatric heart surgeries
percent of patients who die low            
# of procedures (AHRQ definition) high       182   100
 Desired PerformanceNorton Audubon Norton HospitalNorton SuburbanKosair Children's KentuckyU.S.
Miscellaneous
% neonatal inpatients given neonatal immunization high     93.1 91.3    
% ped inpats developing in-hosp pressure ulcer (AHRQ) low       0.12    
% neonates w/ pneumothorax resulting from medical care low       0Quality Ribbon    
% ped pats w/ pneumothorax resulting from medical care low       0.01    
% pediatric surgeries w/ postoperative bleeding low       0.28    
% ped surgeries w/ postoperative respiratory failure low       0.72    
% ped abdominal surgeries w/ postop wound dehiscence low       0.22    
# ped inpats with a blood transfusion reaction low       0Quality Ribbon    

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