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

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. We conducted a retrospective descriptive study using dat...

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Published in:PloS one 2016-03, Vol.11 (3), p.e0152305-e0152305
Main Authors: Kaczmarek, Marlena C, Ware, Robert S, Coulthard, Mark G, McEniery, Julie, Lambert, Stephen B
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Age
Asthma
Australia - epidemiology
Biology and Life Sciences
Bronchopneumonia
Child
Child, Preschool
Children
Children & youth
Childrens health
Codes
Comorbidity
Complications
Demographic aspects
Demography
Disease
Epidemics
Epidemiology
Female
Health surveillance
Hospitals
Humans
Illnesses
Infant
Infant, Newborn
Infections
Influenza
Influenza, Human - epidemiology
Intensive care
Intensive Care Units, Pediatric - statistics & numerical data
Lung diseases
Male
Medical diagnosis
Medical research
Medicine
Medicine and Health Sciences
Morbidity
Patient Admission - statistics & numerical data
People and Places
Pneumonitis
Public health
Respiratory syncytial virus
Risk factors
Seasons
Surveillance
Vaccines
Viruses
Womens health
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Summary: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. 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
ISSN:1932-6203
1932-6203
DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0152305