Diagnostic Category of the Rooms Entered During FCR
| Category | Description | Examples | Total (%) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Failure to thrive | Infants <13 mo meeting the hospital’s failure to thrive protocol | Undiagnosed organic etiology, nonorganic etiology | 10 (4.3) |
| Gastrointestinal | Pathology primarily affecting the gut | Vomiting, diarrhea, constipation, Crohn disease, ulcerative colitis, pancreatitis, short gut | 20 (8.5) |
| Infectious | Febrile illness suspected to be infectious in origin even if no organism was identified | Respiratory tract infections, skin and bone infections, bacteremia, meningitis, neonatal fevers, and urinary tract infections | 132 (56.4) |
| Neurologic | Pathology related to the central nervous system | Seizure, migraine, concern of a primary neurologic disorder | 9 (3.8) |
| Other | No clear fit into other categories | Neonatal jaundice, apparent life-threatening event | 14 (6.0) |
| Pain | Pain that does not easily fit into another diagnostic category | Chronic pain syndromes, post–lumbar puncture headache | 10 (4.3) |
| Psych | Those awaiting psychological evaluation or medical clearance to be placed into an inpatient psychiatric facility | Attempted suicide, suicidal ideations, homicidal ideations, severe depression, schizophrenia | 2 (0.9) |
| Respiratory | Pathology of the respiratory tract not attributed to infection | Asthma, reactive airway disease | 26 (11.1) |
| Rheumatologic | Primary rheumatologic process | Systemic lupus erythematosus, dermatomyositis, juvenile idiopathic arthritis | 11 (4.7) |