| Autor: |
Doyle Y; Paediatric Intensive Care Unit, Our Lady's Children's Hospital, Crumlin, Dublin 12., Healy M; Paediatric Intensive Care Unit, Our Lady's Children's Hospital, Crumlin, Dublin 12.; University of Dublin, Trinity College, Dublin 2., McMahon C; Paediatric Intensive Care Unit, Our Lady's Children's Hospital, Crumlin, Dublin 12.; University of Dublin, Trinity College, Dublin 2., Crowe S; Paediatric Intensive Care Unit, Our Lady's Children's Hospital, Crumlin, Dublin 12.; University of Dublin, Trinity College, Dublin 2. |
| Jazyk: |
angličtina |
| Zdroj: |
Irish medical journal [Ir Med J] 2017 May 10; Vol. 110 (5), pp. 560. Date of Electronic Publication: 2017 May 10. |
| Abstrakt: |
In the Republic of Ireland, the schedule of state-funded immunisation for children is comprehensive and includes diphtheria, pertussis, tetanus, pneumococcus, hepatitis B, meningococcus C, haemophilus B, polio, measles, rubella and mumps. Varicella and meningococcal B vaccines are commercially available but are not currently funded by the government. Each of the illnesses preventable by these vaccines can cause substantial morbidity, and rarely mortality, in infants and children. Our PICU continues to see serious illness due to avoidable infection. There were 39 admissions in a 4 year period, with 34 children surviving to discharge. Nine children were infected with pneumococcus, with 4 deaths. There was one case of pertussis, causing death. Most infections occurred in previously healthy children. These preventable conditions represent a significant burden on children, families, and on social and healthcare resources. |
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MEDLINE |
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