ArticleBMJ paediatrics open2020
Reduction in paediatric intensive care admissions during COVID-19 lockdown in Maryland, USA.
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- Consequences of Social Distancing Measures During the COVID-19 Pandemic First Wave on the Epidemiology of Children Admitted to Pediatric Emergency Departments and Pediatric Intensive Care Units: A Systematic Review.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2022Pooled it
- Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on critical care utilization in Japan: a nationwide inpatient database study.Journal of intensive care · 2022Article
- Mediating Role of Fine Particles Abatement on Pediatric Respiratory Health During COVID-19 Stay-at-Home Order in San Diego County, California.GeoHealth · 2022Article
- Effects of COVID-19 pandemic restrictions on an Australian neonatal and paediatric retrieval service.Journal of paediatrics and child health · 2022Article
- Impact of COVID-19 on Respiratory Admissions in a Tertiary Pediatric Intensive Care Unit.Cureus · 2022Article
- The Impact of Strict Public Health Restrictions on Pediatric Critical Illness.Critical care medicine · 2021Article
- Neonatal and Pediatric Emergency Room Visits in a Tertiary Center during the COVID-19 Pandemic in Italy.Pediatric reports · 2021Article
- Impact of the French National Lockdown on Admissions to 14 Pediatric Intensive Care Units During the 2020 COVID-19 Pandemic-A Retrospective Multicenter Study.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2021Article
- Are inborn errors of immunity being investigated in the pediatric intensive care unit?Jornal de pediatriaArticle
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Abstract
As a public health measure during the COVID-19 pandemic, governments around the world instituted a variety of interventions to 'flatten the curve'. The government of Maryland instituted similar measures. We observed a striking decline in paediatric intensive care unit (PICU) admissions during that period, mostly due to a decease in respiratory infections. We believe this decline is multifactorial: less person-to-person contact, better air quality and perhaps 'fear' of going to a hospital during the pandemic. We report an analysis of our PICU admissions during the lockdown period and compared them with the same time period during the four previous years.
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