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ArticleJournal of pediatrics. Clinical practice2025

Effects of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Pediatric Hospitalizations for Life-Threatening Conditions.

Cassandra L Louis, Parthak Prodhan, Daniel B Horton, E Vincent S Faustino, Isabella Zaniletti, Clare C Brown, Simon Li

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Article in Journal of pediatrics. Clinical practice, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors.

Cassandra L LouisDivision of Pediatric Critical Care, Department of Pediatrics, Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, New Brunswick, NJ.
Parthak ProdhanDivision of Pediatric Cardiology, Department of Pediatrics, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Arkansas Children's Hospital, Little Rock, AR.
Daniel B HortonDivision of Pediatric Rheumatology, Department of Pediatrics, Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Institute for Health, Health Care Policy and Aging Research, Rutgers School of Public Health, New Brunswick, NJ.
E Vincent S FaustinoDepartment of Pediatrics, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT.
Isabella ZanilettiChildren's Hospital Association, Lenexa, KS.
Clare C BrownDepartment of Health Policy and Management, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR.
Simon LiDivision of Pediatric Critical Care, Department of Pediatrics, Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, New Brunswick, NJ.

Funding

New Jersey Alliance for Clinical Translational Science: NJ ACTSUL1TR003017 · NCATS · RUTGERS BIOMEDICAL/HEALTH SCIENCES-RBHS · PI PANETTIERI, REYNOLD ALEXANDER · 2019 to 2023
$28.9M
COVID-19 Network of Networks Expanding Clinical and Translational approaches to Predict Severe Illness in Children (CONNECT to Predict SIck Children)R33HD105619 · NICHD · RUTGERS BIOMEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES · PI GENNARO, MARIA LAURA, HORTON, DANIEL BENJAMIN · 2023 to 2023
$3.0M
Antibiotics, Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis, and Antirheumatic Treatment ResponseR01AR074436 · NIAMS · RUTGERS, THE STATE UNIV OF N.J. · PI HORTON, DANIEL BENJAMIN · 2019 to 2022
$2.1M
COVID-19 Network of Networks Expanding Clinical and Translational approaches to Predict Severe Illness in Children (CONNECT to Predict SIck Children)R61HD105619 · NICHD · RBHS-ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL · PI GENNARO, MARIA LAURA, HORTON, DANIEL BENJAMIN · 2021 to 2022
$1.6M
NCATS NIH HHS UL1 TR003017NIAMS NIH HHS R01 AR074436NICHD NIH HHS R33 HD105619NICHD NIH HHS R61 HD105619
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Mitigation measures implemented during the COVID-19 pandemic led to low levels of circulating non-SARS-CoV-2 viruses, providing a unique opportunity to study trends in pediatric conditions linked to viral triggers. We identified significant reductions in first pediatric hospitalizations for acute flaccid paralysis (-96.2%), myocarditis (-79.4%), Guillain-Barré syndrome (-44.1%), and other conditions.

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hospitalization trendsnonpharmaceutical interventionspediatric epidemiologyviral-mediated diseases

Identifiers

PMID40989878
PMCPMC12450724

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