Paediatric hospitalisations for lower respiratory tract infections in Mount Isa

Objective: To compare the rates of acute lower respiratory tract infection (ALRI) among children in north‐west Queensland, according to age, sex and Indigenous status. Design, setting and patients: Retrospective chart review of hospitalisations at Mt Isa Base Hospital, Queensland, from 1 January 200...

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Published in:Medical journal of Australia 2014-06, Vol.200 (10), p.591-594
Main Authors: Janu, Elisabeth K, Annabattula, Bhavana I, Kumariah, Saampavi, Zajaczkowska, Marta, Whitehall, John S, Edwards, Matthew J, Lujic, Sanja, Masters, Ian B
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Age Factors
Bronchiectasis - epidemiology
Bronchiolitis - epidemiology
Child
Child, Preschool
European Continental Ancestry Group - statistics & numerical data
Female
Hospitalization - statistics & numerical data
Humans
Infant
Male
Oceanic Ancestry Group - statistics & numerical data
Pediatric medicine
Pneumonia, Bacterial - epidemiology
Queensland - epidemiology
Respiratory tract diseases
Respiratory Tract Infections - epidemiology
Retrospective Studies
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Summary:Objective: To compare the rates of acute lower respiratory tract infection (ALRI) among children in north‐west Queensland, according to age, sex and Indigenous status. Design, setting and patients: Retrospective chart review of hospitalisations at Mt Isa Base Hospital, Queensland, from 1 January 2007 to 31 December 2011 among children
ISSN:0025-729X
1326-5377
DOI:10.5694/mja13.10365