Epidemiology of Australian Influenza-Related Paediatric Intensive Care Unit Admissions, 1997-2013.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Influenza virus predictably causes an annual epidemic resulting in a considerable burden of illness in Australia. Children are disproportionately affected and can experience severe illness and complications, which occasionally result in death.

Methods

We conducted a retrospective descriptive study using data collated in the Australian and New Zealand Paediatric Intensive Care (ANZPIC) Registry of influenza-related intensive care unit (ICU) admissions over a 17-year period (1997-2013, inclusive) in children <16 years old. National laboratory-confirmed influenza notifications were used for comparison.

Results

Between 1997 and 2013, a total of 704 influenza-related ICU admissions were recorded, at a rate of 6.2 per 1,000 all-cause ICU admissions. Age at admiss

SUBMITTER: Kaczmarek MC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4811543 | biostudies-literature | 2016

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature