Contribution of ethnicity, area level deprivation and air pollution to paediatric intensive care unit admissions in the United Kingdom 2008-2021.

ABSTRACT:

Background

There is emerging evidence on the impact of social and environmental determinants of health on paediatric intensive care unit (PICU) admissions and outcomes. We analysed UK paediatric intensive care data to explore disparities in the incidence of admission according to a child's ethnicity and the degree of deprivation and pollution in the child's residential area.

Methods

Data were extracted on children <16 years admitted to UK PICUs between 1st January 2008 and 31st December 2021 from the Paediatric Intensive Care Audit Network (PICANet) database. Ethnicity was categorised as White, Asian, Black, Mixed or Other. Deprivation was quantified using the 'children in low-income families' measure and outdoor air pollution was characterised using mean annual PM2.5 level

SUBMITTER: Mitchell HK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11377131 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature