ArticleJournal of asthma and allergy2021
The Impact of the SARS-CoV-2 Pandemic on the Emergency Department and Management of the Pediatric Asthmatic Patient.
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- Unforeseen changes in seasonality of pediatric respiratory illnesses during the first COVID-19 pandemic year.Pediatric pulmonology · 2022Article
- The effects of COVID-19 outbreak on pediatric emergency department admissions for acute wheezing.Pediatric pulmonology · 2022Article
- Impact of COVID-19 on the Incidence and Severity of Obstetric and Gynecologic Emergency Department Visits in an Integrated Health Care System.The Permanente journal · 2022Article
- Systemic antibiotics and asthma medicines dispensed to 0-12 year olds significantly decreased during the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020.Acta paediatrica (Oslo, Norway : 1992) · 2022Article
- [Consequences of COVID-19 pandemic over acute bronchiolitis hospitalizations in the center and east of Spain].Anales de pediatria (Barcelona, Spain : 2003) · 2021Article
- Consequences of COVID-19 pandemic over acute bronchiolitis hospitalizations in the center and east of Spain.Anales de pediatria · 2021Article
- Improvement in Asthma Symptoms and Pulmonary Function in Children After SARS-CoV-2 Outbreak.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2021Article
- COVID-19-Related Pneumonia in an Adolescent Patient with Allergic Asthma.Case reports in medicine · 2021Article
- [Innovations of the GINA 2020 for Children and the Effects of COVID-19 on Children with Asthma].Padiatrie und Padologie · 2021Article
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Abstract
introductionAsthma exacerbation is among the commonest causes for pediatric emergency room visits, and respiratory viruses are frequent triggers of such exacerbations. Few studies have evaluated the consequences of the novel human coronavirus that causes the illness currently known as COVID-19, in the pediatric population. PURPOSE: The objective of this study was to analyze the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and lockdown measures on the emergency department in the pediatric asthmatic patient. PATIENTS AND
methodsThis retrospective observational study evaluated pediatric patients treated at the Pediatric Emergency Service for wheezing episodes. Changes in the number and characteristics of these patients over the same period of 2019 as compared to 2020 during the month following the alarm declaration (March 14 to April 15) were evaluated.
resultsIn total, data of 30 asthma patients managed in the period after the declaration of the coronavirus pandemic and of 158 asthma patients managed in the pre-COVID-19 period were included. In 2020, patient visits decreased by 82% in 2019. No statistically significant differences among age, sex, oxygen saturation, fever status, or number of severe bronchospasm episodes were found. Nebulized medication usage was reduced significantly since the alarm declaration. No significant increase in requests for complementary testing in the COVID-19 period was found. No patient requiring hospital admission was found to be PCR SARS-CoV-2 positive. Median time spent in the emergency department decreased from 180 minutes in 2019 to 85 minutes in the COVID-19 era.
conclusionThe COVID-19 pandemic and ensuing lockdown measures have led to an extraordinary reduction in emergency visits to the pediatric service. The ongoing pandemic has also led to improvements in the approach to asthma exacerbations and wheezing, to reduce the risk of exposure to the virus, such as increased use of pressurized metered dose inhaler and decreased time in the Emergency Department.
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