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Acute Respiratory Tract Infections and Severe Disease Among Hospitalized Children

  • By

  • Haifa Mtaweh

  • Caitlyn L. Kaziev

  • Carlee A. Feinstein

  • Claire Seaton

  • Daniel S. Farrar

  • Rohini R. Datta

  • Sanjay Mahant

  • Aaron Campigotto

  • Gabrielle Freire

  • Rae S. M. Yeung

  • Jeffrey N. Bone

  • Francine Buchanan

  • Shaun K. Morris

  • Peter J. Gill

  • READAPT-Kids Study Group

  • Mei Han

  • Nicholas Barrowman

  • Gabriele Zitikyte

  • Cornelia Borkhoff

  • Patricia Parkin

  • Anya Nair

  • Nafisa Anwar

  • Rizk ElMadbak

  • Haniyyah Mahmood

  • Kody Wolfstadt

  • Nilushi de Silva

  • Polina Kyrychenko

  • Nardin Kirolos

  • Jonathan Fortini

  • Shamama Raza

  • Vincent Flores

  • Keane Fuerte

  • Pardis Noormohammadpour

  • Bayley Levy

  • Hafsa Azher

  • Fiona Muttalib

  • Tom McLaughlin

  • Matt Carwana

  • Srinivas Murthy

  • Manish Sadarangani

  • Connie Yang

  • Jocelyn A. Srigley

  • Jenny Retallack

  • Dave Goldfarb

  • Jonathan H. Rayment

  • Candice Wiedman

  • Melissa Braschel

  • Alam Lakhani

  • Opninder Lindstrom

  • Sanja Hadzi-Nikolova

  • Min-Jung Kim

  • Victoria Tapics

  • Henry Okpaladigbo

  • Joanna Xu

  • Zainab Zeyan

  • Baneesh Khosa

  • Gordon Krahn

  • Trish Page

  • Rita Janke

  • June 9, 2026

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    Respiratory tract infections are a leading cause of death in Canadian children aged 0 to 14 years and significantly contribute to global child mortality.

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    Viruses account for 75% of respiratory tract infections in children, with coinfections occurring in 1% to 25% of cases.

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    The study analyzed hospitalized children with acute respiratory tract infections at two Canadian hospitals from July 2022 to June 2023.

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    Severe illness was defined by the need for advanced respiratory support, cardiac arrest, or death, with secondary outcomes including PICU admission.

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    Multivariable Poisson regression was used to identify factors associated with severe outcomes, including age, preexisting conditions, and symptom duration.

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Acute Respiratory Tract Infections and Severe Disease Among Hospitalized Children

  • by Haifa Mtaweh, Caitlyn L. Kaziev, Carlee A. Feinstein, Claire Seaton, Daniel S. Farrar, Rohini R. Datta, Sanjay Mahant, Aaron Campigotto, Gabrielle Freire, Rae S. M. Yeung, Jeffrey N. Bone, Francine Buchanan, Shaun K. Morris, Peter J. Gill, READAPT-Kids Study Group, Mei Han, Nicholas Barrowman, Gabriele Zitikyte, Cornelia Borkhoff, Patricia Parkin, Anya Nair, Nafisa Anwar, Rizk ElMadbak, Haniyyah Mahmood, Kody Wolfstadt, Nilushi de Silva, Polina Kyrychenko, Nardin Kirolos, Jonathan Fortini, Shamama Raza, Vincent Flores, Keane Fuerte, Pardis Noormohammadpour, Bayley Levy, Hafsa Azher, Fiona Muttalib, Tom McLaughlin, Matt Carwana, Srinivas Murthy, Manish Sadarangani, Connie Yang, Jocelyn A. Srigley, Jenny Retallack, Dave Goldfarb, Jonathan H. Rayment, Candice Wiedman, Melissa Braschel, Alam Lakhani, Opninder Lindstrom, Sanja Hadzi-Nikolova, Min-Jung Kim, Victoria Tapics, Henry Okpaladigbo, Joanna Xu, Zainab Zeyan, Baneesh Khosa, Gordon Krahn, Trish Page, Rita Janke

  • June 9, 2026

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