Tuyển tập các báo cáo nghiên cứu về y học được đăng trên tạp chí y học Critical Care giúp cho các bạn có thêm kiến thức về ngành y học đề tài: Background: Mood disorders including depression and bipolar disorders are a major cause of morbidity in childhood and adolescence, and hospitalizations for mood disorders are the leading diagnosis for all hospitalizations in general hospitals for children age 13 to 17. | Lasky et al. Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health 2011 5 27 http content 5 1 27 CHILD ADOLESCENT PSYCHIATRY MENTAL HEALTH RESEARCH Open Access Children s hospitalizations with a mood disorder diagnosis in general hospitals in the united states 2000-2006 Tamar Lasky1 Aliza Krieger2 Anne Elixhauser3 and Benedetto Vitiello4 Abstract Background Mood disorders including depression and bipolar disorders are a major cause of morbidity in childhood and adolescence and hospitalizations for mood disorders are the leading diagnosis for all hospitalizations in general hospitals for children age 13 to 17. We describe characteristics of these hospitalizations in the . focusing on duration of stay charges and geographic variation. Methods The Kids Inpatient Database was analyzed to calculate hospitalization rates for 2000 2003 and 2006. For each year information was available for over 2 million hospitalizations representing to million hospital stays annually in acute care non-psychiatric hospitals. Results The rate of pediatric hospitalizations with a principal diagnosis of a mood disorder was 10 000 in 2000 in 2003 and in 2006. In the same period the incidence of hospitalizations for depressive disorders decreased from to 10 000 children while the incidence of hospitalizations for bipolar disorders increased from to 10 000 children. The mean length of stay increased from to days while inflation-adjusted hospital charges increased from 10 600 in 2000 to 13 700 in 2003 to 16 300 in 2006. The proportion of mood disorder stays paid by government increased from to . The Western region experienced the lowest rates 10 000 and in 2000 2003 and 2006 while the Midwest had the highest rates and . Conclusions Mood disorders are a major reason for hospitalization during development especially in adolescence. Mood disorder hospitalizations remained relatively constant from .
