ArticleJournal of clinical medicine2021
Has Otitis Media Disappeared during COVID-19 Pandemic? A Fortuitus Effect of Domestic Confinement.
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- COVID-19 and idiopathic nephrotic syndrome in children: systematic review of the literature and recommendations from a highly affected area.Pediatric nephrology (Berlin, Germany) · 2022Pooled it
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- Changes in Incidental Paranasal Sinus Abnormalities During the COVID-19 Era: A 5-Year MRI-Based Study.Journal of rhinology : official journal of the Korean Rhinologic Society · 2025Article
- A Comparative Analysis of Pediatric Emergency Department Admissions Before and During the COVID-19 Pandemic.Cureus · 2024Article
- Impact of COVID-19 pandemic: increase in complicated upper respiratory tract infections requiring ENT surgery?European archives of oto-rhino-laryngology : official journal of the European Federation of Oto-Rhino-Laryngological Societies (EUFOS) : affiliated with the German Society for Oto-Rhino-Laryngology - Head and Neck Surgery · 2024Article
- Effect of the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic on paediatric bilateral myringotomy and tube insertion rates in New Brunswick, Canada.The Journal of laryngology and otology · 2023Article
- Changes in Otorhinolaryngologic Disease Incidences before and during the COVID-19 Pandemic in Korea.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Changes to the practice of pediatric otolaryngology as a consequence of the COVID-19 pandemic.International journal of pediatric otorhinolaryngology · 2022Article
- Lessons Learnt from the COVID-19 Pandemic in Pediatric Otolaryngology.Current otorhinolaryngology reports · 2022Review
- Measuring the Possibility of Middle Ear Discharge for COVID-19 Test Material.Interdisciplinary perspectives on infectious diseases · 2022Review
- Otitis Media Practice During the COVID-19 Pandemic.Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology · 2021Review
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Abstract
backgroundTo measure patient flow at our Pediatric Emergency Department (PED) during the Italian lockdown, with particular care in terms of otolaryngological (ENT)-related diagnoses.
methodsA retrospective evaluation of electronic charts of children admitted to our PED in the City Center of Milan (Italy) for any disease. The outcome was to compare distribution of diagnoses performed at our PED during 21 February-3 May 2019 (period 1) to 21 February-3 May 2020 (period 2).
resultsA total of 4538 children were evaluated during period 1 compared to 1310 during period 2. A statistically significant overall effect on diagnosis between the study periods was attested (
conclusionsThe exceptional circumstances of the Italian lockdown resulted in a significant decrease in patients' attendance to our PED, especially when considering diagnoses related to any ENT disorder, middle ear disease, and non-complicated middle ear infection.
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