Evaluation of Bronchiolitis-Related Emergency Department Visits From 2004 to 2018: A Population-Based Cohort Study

Justin Brunet; Peter J Gill; Haris Imsirovic; Patricia C Parkin; Teresa To; Suzanne Schuh; Sanjay Mahant; Canadian Paediatric Inpatient Research Network (PIRN)

doi:10.1001/jamapediatrics.2022.0707

Evaluation of Bronchiolitis-Related Emergency Department Visits From 2004 to 2018: A Population-Based Cohort Study

JAMA Pediatr. 2022 Jul 1;176(7):719-722. doi: 10.1001/jamapediatrics.2022.0707.

Authors

Justin Brunet¹, Peter J Gill^{2

3

4}, Haris Imsirovic⁵, Patricia C Parkin^{2

3

4}, Teresa To^{3

4

6}, Suzanne Schuh^{4

7}, Sanjay Mahant^{2

3

4}; Canadian Paediatric Inpatient Research Network (PIRN)

Affiliations

¹ Temerty Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
² Division of Pediatric Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
³ Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
⁴ Child Health Evaluative Sciences, The Hospital for Sick Children Research Institute, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
⁵ ICES, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
⁶ ICES, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
⁷ Division of Pediatric Emergency Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

Abstract

This cohort study analyzes the patterns of emergency department use, hospitalization, revisit, and mortality rates associated with bronchiolitis in children younger than 2 years.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Bronchiolitis* / diagnosis
Bronchiolitis* / epidemiology
Bronchiolitis* / therapy
Cohort Studies
Emergency Service, Hospital
Humans
Infant
Retrospective Studies