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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
1990-9-25
pubmed:abstractText
Information is limited about national patterns of rotavirus infection throughout the USA. Discharge records and laboratory rotavirus detection for 1979-1989 at the Texas Children's Hospital, Houston, were evaluated to determine the impact of rotavirus gastroenteritis at a large children's hospital. The availability since 1983 of diagnostic assays less expensive than electron microscopy was associated with increased rotavirus detection. Only 67% of rotavirus-positive samples came from children likely to have had community-acquired acute gastroenteritis. Combined laboratory results and ICD-9 discharge diagnosis codes (008.6, 008.8, and 558.9) measured rotavirus activity better than either alone. A case definition for hospitalization for rotavirus infection resulted in an estimate that an average of 473 children were hospitalized for rotavirus infection at Texas Children's Hospital each year over the 10-year period. These cases accounted for 3.0% of all hospital days and $1.5 million per year in bed costs at this hospital. Hospitalization rates and the impact of hospital costs for the USA were estimated by extrapolation.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Sep
pubmed:issn
0022-1899
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
162
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
598-604
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1990
pubmed:articleTitle
Impact of rotavirus infection at a large pediatric hospital.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas 77030.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.