From: Temporal and regional trends of choking injuries in children in Italy, 2001–2013
Hospitalizations in infants | Hospitalizations in toddlers | Hospitalizations in older children | Hospitalizations overall | P-value | ||
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(N = 3744) | (N = 2380) | (N = 1019) | (N = 7143) | |||
Gender: Female | 7143 | 1% (1924) | 39% (924) | 38% (385) | 45% (3233) | < 0.001 |
Nationality: Other | 7137 | 2% (65) | 4% (98) | 4% (39) | 3% (202) | < 0.001 |
Italian | 5% (3564) | 89% (2127) | 93% (950) | 93% (6641) | ||
Albania | 1% (37) | 1% (32) | 1% (13) | 1% (82) | ||
Romania | 1% (22) | 3% (61) | 0% (5) | 1% (88) | ||
Marocco | 1% (40) | 2% (52) | 1% (7) | 1% (99) | ||
Tunisia | 0% (13) | 0% (9) | 0% (3) | 0% (25) | ||
Hospitalization type: newborn | 7003 | 0% (1) | 0% (0) | 0% (1) | 0% (2) | 0.017 |
ordinary hospitalization | 8% (299) | 9% (209) | 11% (103) | 9% (611) | ||
urgent hospitalization | 92% (3391) | 90% (2104) | 89% (860) | 91% (6355) | ||
programmed with pre-hospitalization | 0% (5) | 0% (0) | 0% (1) | 0% (6) | ||
Other | 0% (10) | 1% (16) | 0% (3) | 0% (29) | ||
Day Hospital | 7143 | 1% (26) | 2% (52) | 6% (64) | 2% (142) | < 0.001 |
Hospitalization days | 7143 | 1/2/3 | 1/2/3 | 1/1/2 | 1/2/3 | < 0.001 |
Discharge: Death | 7143 | 0% (5) | 1% (12) | 0% (5) | 0% (22) | < 0.001 |
Ordinary discharge at home | 84% (3148) | 81% (1935) | 84% (857) | 83% (5940) | ||
Ordinary discharge in healthcare residence | 0% (0) | 0% (4) | 0% (1) | 0% (5) | ||
Home hospitalization | 1% (19) | 1% (13) | 0% (5) | 1% (37) | ||
Discharged against medical advice | 14% (516) | 9% (226) | 11% (107) | 12% (849) | ||
Transferred another hospital | 1% (54) | 8% (183) | 4% (42) | 4% (279) | ||
Transferred same hospital | 0% (1) | 0% (7) | 0% (1) | 0% (9) | ||
Rehabilitation | 0% (1) | 0% (0) | 0% (1) | 0% (2) |