Stemming the tide of hospital admissions for bronchiolitis
| Autor: | Malcolm G Semple, C Ronny Cheung |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
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medicine.medical_specialty
Epidemiology Coding (therapy) 03 medical and health sciences Health services 0302 clinical medicine General Paediatrics 030225 pediatrics Intervention (counseling) Health care medicine Humans 030212 general & internal medicine Intensive care medicine Asthma Respiratory tract infections business.industry Intensive Care medicine.disease Hospitalization Infectious Diseases Bronchiolitis Pediatrics Perinatology and Child Health Respiratory Original Article business |
| Zdroj: | Archives of Disease in Childhood ARCHIVES OF DISEASE IN CHILDHOOD |
| ISSN: | 0003-9888 |
| Popis: | Background Admission of infants to hospital with bronchiolitis consumes considerable healthcare resources each winter. We report an analysis of hospital admissions in England over five decades. Methods Data were analysed from the Hospital In-Patient Enquiry (HIPE, 1968–1985), Hospital Episode Statistics (HES, 1989–2011), Oxford Record Linkage Study (ORLS, 1963–2011) and Paediatric Intensive Care Audit Network (PICANet, 2003–2012). Cases were identified using International Classification of Diseases (ICD) codes in discharge records. Bronchiolitis was given a separate code in ICD9 (used in England from 1979). Geographical variation was analysed using Local Authority area boundaries. Maternal and perinatal risk factors associated with bronchiolitis and subsequent admissions for asthma were analysed using record-linkage. Results All-England HIPE and HES data recorded 468 138 episodes of admission for bronchiolitis in infants aged |
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