Table 4. Comparison of Cellulitis Diagnosis Confidence and Management between Dermatology/Infectious Disease Attending and Admitting Physician
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True Cellulitisa n = 103 (%) |
Non-cellulitis n = 41 (%) |
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Questionb |
Response |
Specialist |
Admitting Physicianc |
Specialist |
Admitting Physician |
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Confidence in Alternate diagnosis |
Patient does NOT have cellulitis |
N/A |
3 (7) |
34 (83) |
2 (8) |
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Hospitalization was warranted |
Agree |
96 (93) |
68 (66) |
13 (32) |
29 (71) |
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Parenteral Antibiotics were warranted |
Agree |
95 (92) |
66 (64) |
12 (29) |
26 (63) |
a For these questions only, 103 of the 104 cases of true cellulitis had analyzable data.
b Data has been dichotomized and does not include the uncertain category.
cAt Harbor-UCLA, the internal medicine resident was the “admitting physician”. At the University of Rochester, the ED attending served as the “admitting physician”.