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Sex-differences in incidence of hospitalizations and in hospital mortality of community-acquired pneumonia among children in Spain: a population-based study.

Javier de-Miguel-DíezAna Lopez-de-AndresValentín Hernández-BarreraJosé M de-Miguel-YanesDavid Carabantes-AlarcónZichen JiJose J Zamorano-LeonRodrigo Jiménez-García
Published in: European journal of pediatrics (2022)
• Incidence of hospital admissions for community-acquired pneumonia was higher in boys than girls and it rose significantly from 2016 to 2019. • Age 10 to 17 years, congenital heart disease, neurological diseases and use of mechanical ventilation were risk factors for in-hospital mortality in both sexes.
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