Down syndrome increases hospital length of stay in children with bronchiolitis
Background: Children with Down syndrome have an increased burden of respiratory infections. We hypothesized that children with Down syndrome hospitalized for bronchiolitis would stay longer compared with children without Down syndrome. Methods: We conducted a retrospective case–control study of chil...
Main Authors: | Teck Wah Ting, Hiok Yang Chan, Petrina Poh Chen Wong, Daniela Testoni, Jan Hau Lee |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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SAGE Publishing
2016-03-01
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Series: | Proceedings of Singapore Healthcare |
Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1177/2010105815617773 |
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