Urgent air transfers for acute respiratory infections among children from Northern Canada, 2005-2014.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The incidence of hospitalizations for acute respiratory infections (ARI) among young Indigenous children from Northern Canada is consistently high. ARIs requiring urgent air transfer can be life-threatening and costly. We aimed to describe their epidemiology, estimate age-specific incidences, and explore factors associated with level of care required.

Methods

We undertook a retrospective cohort study of children <5 years old from Northern Canada transferred by urgent air transport for ARI from 2005 through 2014 to 5 pediatric tertiary care centers in Vancouver, Edmonton, Winnipeg, Ottawa and Montreal. Admissions were identified via ARI-related ICD-9/10 coding and forward sortation area. Descriptive statistics and univariable analyses were performed.

Results

SUBMITTER: Prendergast C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9333212 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature