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ArticleEuropean journal of pediatrics2017

The spectrum of care for pediatric refugees and asylum seekers at a tertiary health care facility in Switzerland in 2015.

Christian Pohl, Ines Mack, Torsten Schmitz, Nicole Ritz

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Article in European journal of pediatrics, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 22 papers, 5 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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22 citing papers in PubMed, 5 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 44 citations in OpenAlex.

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  8. [Care of infectious diseases in underage refugees exemplified by Ukraine].Monatsschrift Kinderheilkunde : Organ der Deutschen Gesellschaft fur Kinderheilkunde · 2022
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  17. Infectious Diseases among Refugee Children.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2019
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Christian PohlUniversity of Basel Children's Hospital, Spitalstrasse 33, 4056, Basel, Switzerland.
Ines MackUniversity of Basel Children's Hospital, Spitalstrasse 33, 4056, Basel, Switzerland.
Torsten SchmitzUniversity of Basel Children's Hospital, Spitalstrasse 33, 4056, Basel, Switzerland.
Nicole RitzUniversity of Basel Children's Hospital, Spitalstrasse 33, 4056, Basel, Switzerland. nicole.ritz@unibas.ch.
University Children’s Hospital Basel · CHUniversity of Basel · CH

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The aim of this retrospective study was to describe the epidemiology and spectrum of infections of admitted pediatric refugees and asylum seekers in a tertiary referral hospital in a high-income country in Europe. We identified recent refugees and asylum seekers < 18 years of age admitted to the University Children's Hospital in Basel, Switzerland, in 2015. A retrospective analysis was performed using electronic patient records. We identified 105 admissions in 93 patients with a median age of 5.7 (IQR 2.6-14.5) years. Eritrea, Syria, and Afghanistan were the most frequent countries of origin. The median duration of admission was 4 (IQR 2-6) days with infections and elective surgical interventions being the most common reason (54.8 and 16.1%, respectively). Most infections were airway, skin, and gastrointestinal in 46.4, 20.2, and 11.9%, respectively. The prevalence of tropical infections was 11.9%. The main pathogens identified were influenza A virus (13.8%), Staphylococcus aureus (10.3%), and rhino/enterovirus (10.3%). Previous medical non-infectious conditions were recorded in 13%.

conclusionThe study revealed a high burden of infections in admitted patients mostly caused by well-known pathogens prevalent also in the local population. Both tropical infections and pre-existing non-infectious conditions are also important in admitted patients. Better epidemiological data is required to optimize health care for this medically most vulnerable population in refugee crises. What is Known: • Pediatric refugees and asylum seekers are the most vulnerable population in refugee crises. • Data on health concerns and needs in this population is scarce. What is New: • This is one of the first studies on the epidemiology of pediatric refugees and asylum seekers treated as inpatients in a European high-income country. • The high burden of infections is mostly caused by well-known pathogens prevalent also in the local population.

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RefugeesAdolescentChildChild, PreschoolFemaleHumansInfantInfant, NewbornInfectionsMalePrevalenceRetrospective StudiesSwitzerlandTertiary Care CentersChildrenEuropeImmigrant healthInfections in refugeesRefugee crisisUnaccompanied refugee minor

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PMID28963630
PMCPMC7087344
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