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. 2002 Jul;13(4):239-44.
doi: 10.1155/2002/723804.

Hospitalizations for diarrhea in Quebec children from 1985 to 1998: estimates of rotavirus-associated diarrhea

René-Pierre Buigues  1 , Bernard Duval, Louis Rochette, Nicole Boulianne, Monique Douville-Fradet, Pierre Déry, Gaston De Serres
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Hospitalizations for diarrhea in Quebec children from 1985 to 1998: estimates of rotavirus-associated diarrhea

René-Pierre Buigues et al. Can J Infect Dis. 2002 Jul.

Abstract

Objective: To characterize the incidence and duration of hospitalization due to diarrhea and to assess the proportion of hospitalizations that are attributed to rotavirus-associated diarrhea.

Design: Retrospective study of hospitalization data.

Setting: Hospitals located in Quebec.

Population studied: Children from one to 59 months of age who were discharged from hospital from April 1, 1985 to March 31, 1998.

Main results: There were 63,827 hospitalizations for diarrhea over the study period, for an average of 4910 hospitalizations/year. The epidemic curve showed a periodicity with regular alternation of high and low annual peaks. The number of hospitalizations for rotavirus-associated diarrhea was estimated according to three different methods. The estimates varied between 1353 and 1849 hospitalizations due to rotavirus-associated diarrhea/year over the 13-year period, with good agreement between the results of the three methods for a one-month to five years of age incidence of 320 hospitalizations for rotavirus-associated diarrhea/100,000 children. The average duration of hospital stay decreased from 5.2 days in 1985 to 3.3 days in 1998.

Conclusions: The present article shows the importance of diarrhea hospitalizations among children and the alternating peak-year periodicity.

Keywords: Children; Diarrhea; Hospitalization; Quebec; Rotavirus.

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The number of monthly diarrhea-related hospitalizations (all diagnoses) among children younger than five years of age, Quebec, April 1, 1985 to March 31, 1998
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