Did Emergency Department Visits in Infants and Young Children Increase in the Last Decade?: An Ontario, Canada Study

This study included an average of 911,566 children from 2008 to 2018. All-cause ED visit rates increased by 28.2% from 2008 to 2018 (43.24–55.42 per 100, SDIF>0.1). Respiratory diseases were consistently the top cause of ED visits, and contributed to 1 in 3 ED visits in 2018. These respiratory conditions include asthma, asthma-related diseases (bronchiolitis, bronchitis, influenza, and pneumonia), and other respiratory diseases. Respiratory ED visit rates increased by 32.8% from 2008 to 2018 (11.51–15.28 per 100, SDIF 0.1) increase among children younger than 1 year. There was a 78.0% increase in ED visits for bronchiolitis in infants (1.45–2.58 per 100, SDIF
Source: Pediatric Emergency Care - Category: Emergency Medicine Tags: Original Articles Source Type: research