Background: It is unknown whether this burden of disease of lower respiratory tract
infections is comparable across the Canadian Arctic. The objectives of this surveillance …

Background Inuit infants who reside in the Nunavut (NU) regions of Arctic Canada have
extremely high rates of lower respiratory tract infections (LRTIs) associated with significant …

Objectives: To examine risk factors for lower respiratory tract infections (LRTI) hospital
admission in the Canadian Arctic. Methods: This was a case-control study during a 14 …

BACKGROUND: Health care workers have long observed increased rates of hospital
admissions for respiratory illness in infants from the northern regions of Canada. Particularly …

Background: High rates of lower respiratory tract infection (LRTI), including bronchiolitis and
pneumonia, have been reported in Inuit infants living in arctic Canada. We examined rates …

Background Pediatric LRTI hospitalizations are a significant burden on patients, families,
and healthcare systems. This study determined the burden of pediatric LRTIs on hospital …

Aim: To investigate temporal trends in admission rates for acute lower respiratory infections
(ALRI) in a total population birth cohort of non‐Aboriginal and Aboriginal children. Methods …

Objective. Although infants living in the north of Canada have been reported to have one of
the highest rates of hospital admission for bronchiolitis in the world, the economic effects of …

OBJECTIVE: Lower respiratory tract infections (LRTIs) are a major cause of morbidity for
children worldwide and particularly for children from developing and indigenous …

Abstract Background Respiratory morbidity in Australian Indigenous children is higher than
their non-Indigenous counterparts, irrespective of urban or remote residence. There are …