Vaccine-Preventable Admissions to an Irish Paediatric Intensive Care
Doyle, Y Healy, M McMahon, C Crowe, S
Doyle, Y
Healy, M
McMahon, C
Crowe, S
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2017-05
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IMMUNISATION
INTENSIVE CARE UNITS
CHILD CARE
INTENSIVE CARE UNITS
CHILD CARE
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In the Republic of Ireland, the schedule of state-funded immunisation for children is comprehensive and includes diphtheria, pertussis, tetanus, pneumococcus, hepatitis B, meningococcus C, haemophilus B, polio, measles, rubella and mumps. Varicella and meningococcal B vaccines are commercially available but are not currently funded by the government. Each of the illnesses preventable by these vaccines can cause substantial morbidity, and rarely mortality, in infants and children. Our PICU continues to see serious illness due to avoidable infection. There were 39 admissions in a 4 year period, with 34 children surviving to discharge. Nine children were infected with pneumococcus, with 4 deaths. There was one case of pertussis, causing death. Most infections occurred in previously healthy children. These preventable conditions represent a significant burden on children, families, and on social and healthcare resources
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