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ArticleChildren (Basel, Switzerland)2023

Impact of COVID-19 Restrictions on Acute Gastroenteritis in Children: A Regional, Danish, Register-Based Study.

Eva Plantener, Kumanan Rune Nanthan, Ulrik Deding, Mads Damkjær, Ea Sofie Marmolin, Lotte Høeg Hansen, Jens J H Petersen, Roberto Pinilla, John E Coia, Donna Lykke Wolff and 2 more

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Article in Children (Basel, Switzerland), 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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7citing papers in PubMed
1.6field-weighted citation impact, top 18% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

7 citing papers in PubMed, 8 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

12 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Eva PlantenerDepartment of Clinical Microbiology, University Hospital of Southern Denmark, 6200 Aabenraa, Denmark.
Kumanan Rune NanthanDepartment of Clinical Microbiology, University Hospital of Southern Denmark, 6200 Aabenraa, Denmark.
Ulrik DedingDepartment of Clinical Research, University of Southern Denmark, 5000 Odense, Denmark.ORCID 0000-0002-8263-2989
Mads DamkjærDepartment of Pediatrics, Lillebaelt Hospital, 6000 Kolding, Denmark.ORCID 0000-0001-7410-8573
Ea Sofie MarmolinDepartment of Clinical Microbiology, University Hospital of Southern Denmark, 6000 Kolding, Denmark.
Lotte Høeg HansenDepartment of Pediatrics, University Hospital of Southern Denmark, 6200 Aabenraa, Denmark.ORCID 0000-0002-8679-9364
Jens J H PetersenDepartment of Pediatrics, University Hospital of Southern Denmark, 6700 Esbjerg, Denmark.
Roberto PinillaDepartment of Pediatrics, University Hospital of Southern Denmark, 6700 Esbjerg, Denmark.
John E CoiaDepartment of Clinical Microbiology, University Hospital of Southern Denmark, 6700 Esbjerg, Denmark.
Donna Lykke WolffInstitute of Regional Health Research, University of Southern Denmark, 5000 Odense, Denmark.ORCID 0000-0002-9131-8991
Zhijun SongDepartment of Clinical Microbiology, University Hospital of Southern Denmark, 6700 Esbjerg, Denmark.
Ming ChenDepartment of Clinical Microbiology, University Hospital of Southern Denmark, 6200 Aabenraa, Denmark.ORCID 0000-0002-5393-1103
University of Southern Denmark · DKRegion of Southern Denmark · DK

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This study aimed to evaluate the impact of the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) restrictions such as social distancing on the occurrence of acute gastroenteritis (AGE) among children. This study is a register-based study, including every child seen in the departments of paediatrics with the initial diagnosis of AGE in three neighbouring hospitals in Denmark, from March 2018 through February 2021. The study also included every positive stool sample for AGE-causing pathogens analysed in these three hospitals from children during the same period. The Wilcoxon rank-sum test was used to determine differences between the period during the SARS-CoV-2 restrictions and before. In all, 222,157 children were seen in the three paediatric departments during this period. Of these, 3917 children were diagnosed with AGE. We found a decrease of 46.6% in AGE-related visits per month after the SARS-CoV-2 restrictions were introduced compared to before (

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childrengastroenteritispaediatricsSARS-CoV-2stool sample

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PMID37238364
PMCPMC10217309
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