Maissa Al-Adhami, Natalie Durbeej, Achraf Daryani, Josefin Wångdahl, Elin C Larsson, Raziye Salari
Can extended health communication improve newly settled refugees' health literacy? A quasi-experimental study from Sweden
Health promotion international
pediatric implantable cardioverterdefibrillator icd utilization increases hospital admission rates increase data regarding hospitalizations among pediatric patients icds lacking addition hospital mortality rates unknown study aimed evaluate 1 trends hospitalization rates 2000 2016 2 hospital mortality 3 factors associated hospital mortality among pediatric admissions icds kids inpatient database 2000 2003 2006 2009 2012 2016 used identify hospitalizations existing icd 20 years age icd910 codes used stratify admissions underlying diagnostic category 1 congenital heart disease chd 2 primary arrhythmia 3 primary cardiomyopathy 4 trends analyzed using linear regression hospital patient characteristics among hospital deaths compared surviving discharge using mixed multivariable logistic regression accounting hospital clustering 42 570 716 hospitalizations 4165 admitted 20 years icd icd hospitalizations increased fourfold p 002 2000 2016 hospital death occurred 54 13 multivariable analysis cardiomyopathy odds ratio 35 95 confidence interval ci 11112 p 04 chd 48 95 ci 15156 p 01 significantly associated mortality exploratory multivariable analysis incorporating coexisting diagnosis heart failure presence heart failure remained associated mortality 86 95 ci 37200 p 0001 pediatric icd hospitalizations increasing time hospital mortality low 13 hospital mortality associated cardiomyopathy chd however underlying driver inhospital death may heart failure