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Clinical characteristics and outcomes of children with measles requiring pediatric intensive care: a multicenter study in Istanbul

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Multicenter study reveals unvaccinated children with measles face higher respiratory complications in PICU.

This study aims to describe clinical characteristics and outcomes of children with measles requiring pediatric intensive care.
Multicenter retrospective study conducted in ten PICUs in Istanbul, Türkiye.
Included children under 18 years with laboratory-confirmed measles between January and December 2023.
Collected demographic data, vaccination status, clinical features, treatments, and outcomes.
53 children with measles were admitted to PICUs, with 81.1% being unvaccinated.
Unvaccinated children had lower median oxygen saturation at admission (91% vs. 95%; p = 0.015).
Overall mortality was 2.3%, occurring in an unvaccinated infant.

Akçay et al. (2026) studied this question.

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