TY - JOUR
T1 - Chickenpox Hospitalizations Among Residents of Olmsted County, Minnesota, 1962 Through 1981
T2 - A Population-Based Study
AU - Guess, Harry A.
AU - Broughton, Daniel D.
AU - Melton, L. Joseph
AU - Kurland, Leonard T.
N1 - Funding Information:
Thisinvestigationwassupportedinpartby grant AM30582 from the National Institutes of Health.
PY - 1984/11
Y1 - 1984/11
N2 - Age-specific incidence rates were determined for hospitalizations resulting from complications of chickenpox. We reviewed medical records for all Olmsted County, Minnesota, residents hospitalized for chickenpox during the 20-year period 1962 through 1981. Incidence rates based on these 25 cases showed good agreement with national rates computed from information compiled by the Commission on Professional and Hospital Activities for 669 statistically selected patients, representing about 5% of US varicella hospitalizations from January 1979 through June 1982 (about 4,000 hospitalizations annually). The most common complications were bacterial superinfections in children younger than 5 years old, varicella encephalitis (mainly acute cerebellar ataxia) and dehydration in 5- to 9-year-olds, and varicella pneumonia in adults. The high prevalence of chickenpox and its association with infectious and neurologic complications make it a continuing source of morbidity.
AB - Age-specific incidence rates were determined for hospitalizations resulting from complications of chickenpox. We reviewed medical records for all Olmsted County, Minnesota, residents hospitalized for chickenpox during the 20-year period 1962 through 1981. Incidence rates based on these 25 cases showed good agreement with national rates computed from information compiled by the Commission on Professional and Hospital Activities for 669 statistically selected patients, representing about 5% of US varicella hospitalizations from January 1979 through June 1982 (about 4,000 hospitalizations annually). The most common complications were bacterial superinfections in children younger than 5 years old, varicella encephalitis (mainly acute cerebellar ataxia) and dehydration in 5- to 9-year-olds, and varicella pneumonia in adults. The high prevalence of chickenpox and its association with infectious and neurologic complications make it a continuing source of morbidity.
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U2 - 10.1001/archpedi.1984.02140490055013
DO - 10.1001/archpedi.1984.02140490055013
M3 - Article
C2 - 6496422
AN - SCOPUS:0021189895
SN - 0002-922X
VL - 138
SP - 1055
EP - 1057
JO - American Journal of Diseases of Children
JF - American Journal of Diseases of Children
IS - 11
ER -