A unique population in today's paediatric intensive care unit: Immigrant children presenting with infectious diseases

YETİMAKMAN A. F., Kiral E.

ANALES DE PEDIATRIA, vol.94, no.1, pp.4-10, 2021 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 94 Issue: 1
  • Publication Date: 2021
  • Doi Number: 10.1016/j.anpedi.2020.03.020
  • Journal Name: ANALES DE PEDIATRIA
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus, CAB Abstracts, EMBASE, MEDLINE, Veterinary Science Database, Directory of Open Access Journals, DIALNET
  • Page Numbers: pp.4-10
  • Kocaeli University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Introduction: Despite similar disease severity scores; we found a higher crude death rate in the group of immigrant children compared to the group of native children in a paediatric intensive care unit. Our study aimed to compare descriptive data and standardised mortality ratios (SMR) in order to analyse differences in mortality.