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ArticleBMJ paediatrics open2020

Paediatric critical illness associated with respiratory infection: a single-centre, retrospective cohort study.

Haifa Alfaraidi, Kathy Luinstra, Alireza Eshaghi, Marek Smieja, Jonathan B Gubbay, Jeffrey M Pernica

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Article in BMJ paediatrics open, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

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6 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Haifa AlfaraidiDepartment of Pediatrics, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
Kathy LuinstraDepartment of Laboratory Medicine, St Joseph's Healthcare Hamilton, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
Alireza EshaghiPublic Health Ontario Laboratory, Public Health Ontario, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.ORCID 0000-0001-5150-483X
Marek SmiejaDepartment of Pathology and Molecular Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
Jonathan B GubbayPublic Health Ontario Laboratory, Public Health Ontario, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Jeffrey M PernicaDepartment of Pediatrics, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.ORCID 0000-0002-4380-5402
McMaster University · CAPublic Health Ontario · CASt. Joseph’s Healthcare Hamilton · CAUniversity of Toronto · CA

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectivesTo describe critically ill children with respiratory infections, classify them by infection syndrome type and determine the prevalence of STUDY

designA retrospective, single-centre cohort study. All children aged 2 months-18 years with presumed respiratory infection who were admitted to a tertiary hospital paediatric intensive care unit (PICU) between September 2015 and October 2016 were eligible. Subjects were grouped by clinical syndrome (viral respiratory infection, asthma exacerbation, undifferentiated/uncomplicated pneumonia, pneumonia complicated by effusion/empyema and 'other'). All subjects had nasopharyngeal swabs tested for respiratory viruses,

resultsThere were 221 subjects; the median age was 3.1 years; 44% were female; and 78% had medical comorbidities. The majority (75%) was treated with antibiotics, most often ceftriaxone (90% of treated children). Those with any pneumonia were significantly less likely to have a respiratory virus identified in their nasopharynges and had significantly higher C reactive protein (CRP) values than those in the viral infection and asthma groups. There were 10 subjects in whom

conclusionsThe majority of participants had respiratory viruses detected and were treated with broad-spectrum antibiotics. Differences in CRP and viral prevalence were observed between children with different infection syndrome types.

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epidemiologyinfectious diseases

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