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| lifeskim:mentions | |
| pubmed:issue |
4
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| pubmed:dateCreated |
1990-4-25
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| pubmed:abstractText |
For determination of the incidence of viral-associated diarrhea after admission to a pediatric hospital, all patients admitted to general pediatrics, cardiology, and neurosurgery wards without diarrhea between January 1 and July 31, 1985 were followed 5 days per week for presence of diarrhea, etiologic agent, and possible risk factors. A total of 1,530 patients were followed for 3,642 days. Of these patients, 69 developed 80 nosocomial diarrhea episodes after 72 hours in hospital for a nosocomial diarrhea rate of 4.5 infected children per 100 admissions. Of 358 patients with an infected roommate, 37 (10.3%) developed nosocomial diarrhea. Etiologic agents recognized included rotavirus (43%), calicivirus (16%), astrovirus (14%), minreovirus (12%), adenovirus (8%), Salmonella sp. (4%), and parvo/picornavirus (3%). The nosocomial diarrhea rate by age was: 0-11 months, 8.8%; 12-35 months, 3.6%; and 36 months or more, 0.6%. The rate by length of stay was: 3-7 days, 8.4%; 8-14 days, 10.4%; 15-21 days, 7.9%; and 22 days or more, 8.8%, and by number of roommates/1,000 patient-days it was: 0-1, 15.7; 2 to 3, 27.7; and 4 or more, 45.2. Patients who acquired diarrhea were more likely to be diapered (9.6% vs. 1.8%, p less than 0.001). Playroom use was not significantly different in the two groups. A total of 64 patients developed diarrhea within 72 hours of admission (community diarrhea rate = 4.2). Nosocomial viral-associated diarrhea is almost exclusively a disease of diapered children less than age 36 months and occurs at any time during hospital stay. It is more common in multibed rooms, but does occur in single-bed rooms.
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| pubmed:language |
eng
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| pubmed:journal | |
| pubmed:citationSubset |
IM
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| pubmed:status |
MEDLINE
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| pubmed:month |
Apr
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| pubmed:issn |
0002-9262
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| pubmed:author | |
| pubmed:issnType |
Print
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| pubmed:volume |
131
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| pubmed:owner |
NLM
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| pubmed:authorsComplete |
Y
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| pubmed:pagination |
711-8
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| pubmed:dateRevised |
2004-11-17
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| pubmed:meshHeading |
pubmed-meshheading:2316499-Age Factors,
pubmed-meshheading:2316499-Child,
pubmed-meshheading:2316499-Child, Preschool,
pubmed-meshheading:2316499-Cross Infection,
pubmed-meshheading:2316499-Diarrhea,
pubmed-meshheading:2316499-Diarrhea, Infantile,
pubmed-meshheading:2316499-Female,
pubmed-meshheading:2316499-Hospitals, Pediatric,
pubmed-meshheading:2316499-Hospitals, Special,
pubmed-meshheading:2316499-Humans,
pubmed-meshheading:2316499-Incidence,
pubmed-meshheading:2316499-Infant,
pubmed-meshheading:2316499-Infant, Newborn,
pubmed-meshheading:2316499-Infant Care,
pubmed-meshheading:2316499-Length of Stay,
pubmed-meshheading:2316499-Male,
pubmed-meshheading:2316499-Ontario,
pubmed-meshheading:2316499-Risk Factors,
pubmed-meshheading:2316499-Rotavirus Infections,
pubmed-meshheading:2316499-Virus Diseases
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| pubmed:year |
1990
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| pubmed:articleTitle |
The incidence of viral-associated diarrhea after admission to a pediatric hospital.
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| pubmed:affiliation |
Division of Infectious Diseases, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
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| pubmed:publicationType |
Journal Article
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