Juliana Rodrigues Tovar Garbin, Franciéle Marabotti Costa Leite, Cristiano Soares Silva Dell'Antonio, Larissa Soares Dell'Antonio, Ana Paula Brioschi Dos Santos, Luís Carlos Lopes-Júnior
Hospitalizations for coronavirus disease 2019: an analysis of the occurrence waves
Scientific reports
disorders requiring pediatric neurocritical care pncc affect thousands children annually aimed quantify burden pncc generation national estimates disease incidence utilization critical care interventions cci hospital outcomes performed retrospective cohort analysis kids inpatient database three years evaluate pediatric traumatic brain injury neuroinfection inflammatory diseases status epilepticus stroke hypoxic ischemic injury cardiac arrest spinal cord injury evaluated use cci death length stay hospital charges poor functional outcome defined receipt tracheostomy gastrostomy discharge medical care facility least one cci recorded 67058 23 children primary neurological diagnosis considered pncc admission half pncc admissions least one chronic condition 23 treated childrens hospitals mechanical ventilation common cci utilization ccis varied significantly diagnosis among pncc admissions 8110 12 children died hospitalization 14067 21 children poor functional outcomes pncc admissions cumulatively accounted 15 million hospital days 4 billion hospital costs study years pncc admissions across diagnoses prolonged hospitalizations one week average cost 399 thousand per admission large nationally representative study shows pncc diseases significant public health burden substantial risk childrens health research needed improve outcomes vulnerable children