Emergency Department Presentations of Pediatric Hematology Patients at a Tertiary Care Center: Clinical Characteristics and Patterns of Use

March 19, 2026Open Access

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This research aims to assess the clinical characteristics, management practices, and outcomes of pediatric hematology patients presenting to a tertiary care emergency department.
Prospective observational study conducted from April 1, 2013, to April 1, 2014, at a tertiary care emergency department.
Included children ages 0–18 with a prior or new diagnosis of hematological disease.
Each emergency department presentation was treated as a primary analysis unit.
Of 60,026 total emergency presentations, 278 (0.46%) were hematology-related comprised of 96 different patients.
The average age of patients was 8.16 years, with 57.3% being male; the majority of presentations (48.6%) were related to leukemia.
Hospitalization rate in hematology-related presentations was 27.3%, compared to 6.8% for all emergency visits.

Prospective analysis reveals high resource use and hospitalization rates among pediatric hematology patients in emergency care.

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