Pediatric Hospitalizations from Immigration Detention in Texas, 2015-2018.

Nwadiuko, Joseph; Fredricks, Karla; Polk, Sarah; Shah, Sural; Long, Judith A; Diaz, Chanelle; Mitra, Nandita; Yun, Katherine · J Pediatr · 2022

retrospective_cohort · Level III

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Abstract

Although there are concerns regarding children's health in immigration detention, there are little data regarding hospitalizations in this population. Using 2015-2018 Texas inpatient data, we identified 95 hospitalizations of children in detention and found that most (60%) were driven by infectious causes, and that 37% of these children were admitted to an intensive care unit (ICU) or intermediate ICU.

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