Understanding Suicide in Our Community through the Lens of the Pediatric ICU: An Epidemiological Review (2011-2017) of One Midwestern City in the US.

ABSTRACT: Suicide frequency has tripled for some pediatric age groups over the last decade, of which, serious attempts result in pediatric intensive care unit (PICU) admissions. We paired clinical, aggregate geospatial, and temporal demographics to understand local community variables to determine if epidemiological patterns emerge that associate with risk for PICU admission. Data were extracted at an urban, high-volume, quaternary care facility from January 2011 to December 2017 via ICD 10 codes associated with suicide. Clinical, socioeconomic, geographical, and temporal variables were reviewed. In total, 1036 patients over the age of 9 were included, of which n = 161 were PICU admissions. Females represented higher proportions of all suicide-related hospital admissions (67.9%). Looking at r

SUBMITTER: Kampfschulte A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7909391 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature