Table 1.
Emergency admissions for Scottish children requiring invasive mechanical ventilation falling within ICD-11 Chapter 12 (disorders of the respiratory system)
| Diagnosis | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 |
| Bronchiolitis | 10 | 8 | 12 | 9 | 0 |
| LRTI—cause unspecified | 6 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 0 |
| Respiratory failure—cause unspecified | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Asthma | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Pleural effusion | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Pneumonia | 1 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| Pneumothorax | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Pulmonary oedema | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Tracheitis | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Other | 5 | 9 | 5 | 11 | 1 |
PICU admissions from 23 March to 30 June 2020 compared with the same date range in previous years (2016–2019).
ICD-11, International Classification of Diseases 11th Revision; LRTI, lower respiratory tract infection; PICU, paediatric intensive care unit.