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Burden of influenza-related hospitalizations among children with sickle cell disease.

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Bundy, DG; Strouse, JJ; Casella, JF; Miller, MR
Published in: Pediatrics
February 2010

Children with sickle cell disease (SCD) are considered to be at high risk for complications from influenza infection despite minimal published data that characterize the burden of influenza in this population. Our objectives were to (1) estimate the rate of influenza-related hospitalizations (IRHs) among children with SCD, (2) compare this rate with rates of children with cystic fibrosis (CF) and children with neither SCD nor CF, and (3) explore mechanisms that underlie these potentially preventable hospitalizations.We analyzed hospitalizations from 4 states (California, Florida, Maryland, and New York) across 2 influenza seasons (2003-2004 and 2004-2005) from the Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project State Inpatient Databases. We included hospitalizations with a discharge diagnosis code for influenza in a child <18 years of age. We used census data and disease prevalence estimates to calculate denominators and compare rates of IRH among children with SCD, CF, and neither disease.There were 7896 pediatric IRHs during the 2 influenza seasons. Of these, 159 (2.0%) included a co-occurring diagnosis of SCD. Annual rates of IRHs were 112 and 2.0 per 10 000 children with and without SCD, respectively, across both seasons. Children with SCD were hospitalized with influenza at 56 times (95% confidence interval: 48-65) the rate of children without SCD. Children with SCD had approximately double the risk of IRH compared with children with CF (risk ratio: 2.1 [95% confidence interval: 1.5-2.9]). IRHs among children with SCD were not longer, more costly, or more severe than IRHs among children without SCD; they were also rarely nosocomial and co-occurred with a diagnosis of asthma in 14% of cases.IRHs are substantially more common among children with SCD than among those without the disease, which supports the potential importance of vigorous influenza vaccination efforts that target children with SCD.

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Pediatrics

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1098-4275

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0031-4005

Publication Date

February 2010

Volume

125

Issue

2

Start / End Page

234 / 243

Related Subject Headings

  • United States
  • Pediatrics
  • Male
  • Influenza, Human
  • Infant
  • Humans
  • Hospitalization
  • Female
  • Cystic Fibrosis
  • Cost of Illness
 

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Bundy, D. G., Strouse, J. J., Casella, J. F., & Miller, M. R. (2010). Burden of influenza-related hospitalizations among children with sickle cell disease. Pediatrics, 125(2), 234–243. https://doi.org/10.1542/peds.2009-1465
Bundy, David G., John J. Strouse, James F. Casella, and Marlene R. Miller. “Burden of influenza-related hospitalizations among children with sickle cell disease.Pediatrics 125, no. 2 (February 2010): 234–43. https://doi.org/10.1542/peds.2009-1465.
Bundy DG, Strouse JJ, Casella JF, Miller MR. Burden of influenza-related hospitalizations among children with sickle cell disease. Pediatrics. 2010 Feb;125(2):234–43.
Bundy, David G., et al. “Burden of influenza-related hospitalizations among children with sickle cell disease.Pediatrics, vol. 125, no. 2, Feb. 2010, pp. 234–43. Epmc, doi:10.1542/peds.2009-1465.
Bundy DG, Strouse JJ, Casella JF, Miller MR. Burden of influenza-related hospitalizations among children with sickle cell disease. Pediatrics. 2010 Feb;125(2):234–243.

Published In

Pediatrics

DOI

EISSN

1098-4275

ISSN

0031-4005

Publication Date

February 2010

Volume

125

Issue

2

Start / End Page

234 / 243

Related Subject Headings

  • United States
  • Pediatrics
  • Male
  • Influenza, Human
  • Infant
  • Humans
  • Hospitalization
  • Female
  • Cystic Fibrosis
  • Cost of Illness