Publications by authors named "P Schnitzer"
Article Synopsis
- - This study analyzes the characteristics of 183 children aged 1 to 17 who died from COVID-19 in the U.S. between 2020 and 2022, using data from the National Fatality Review-Case Reporting System.
- - The majority of the deceased children were male (56%) and included a significant portion of older adolescents (33%) and younger children (26%). Many had pre-existing medical conditions, with 68% having an underlying health issue at the time of death.
- - Findings emphasize a critical need for improved pandemic planning focused on prevention and timely access to healthcare, as a significant number of these children died shortly after exposure to the virus.
Objective: Develop guidelines for child death review teams that will improve the consistency in classifying child maltreatment (CM) and distinguish between classification of exposure to hazards and neglect for sleep-related sudden unexpected infant deaths (SUID).
Methods: Sleep-related SUID (n = 25 797) were identified from the National Fatality Review-Case Reporting System between 2004 and 2018. Key variables considered when classifying CM among sleep-related SUID were identified.
The National Fatality Review Case Reporting System (NFR-CRS) is a web-based data collection tool for child death review and fetal and infant mortality review teams. The NFR-CRS captures information from the multidisciplinary review, including the social and community risk factors that may have impacted the death. The NFR-CRS is a nimble data system that has evolved throughout the past 20 years.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjectives: To explore the National Fatality Review Case Reporting System (NFR-CRS) as a new data source to (1) characterize pediatric vehicular heatstroke (PVH) deaths among children <15 years of age reviewed by Child Death Review teams, and (2) identify factors independently associated with common PVH scenarios and incident locations.
Methods: Data for 2005-2019 were used to characterize 296 PVH deaths. Frequencies and percentages were calculated to describe child, supervisor, and incident characteristics.