ECIEN-2020 study:the effect of COVID-19 on admissions for non-COVID-19 diseases
作者机构:Department of PediatricsCHNComplejo Hospitalario de NavarraServicio Navarro de SaludC/Irunlarrea 331080 PamplonaSpain Pediatric Infectious Diseases DepartmentCHNComplejo Hospitalario de NavarraServicio Navarro de SaludPamplonaSpain Pediatric HospitalizationDepartment of PediatricsCHNComplejo Hospitalario de NavarraServicio Navarro de SaludPamplonaSpain IdiSNANavarra Institute for Health ResearchPamplonaSpain Department of Preventive Medicine and Public HealthSchool of MedicineUniversity of NavarraPamplonaSpain Pediatric PulmonologyDepartment of PediatricsCHNComplejo Hospitalario de NavarraServicio Navarro de SaludPamplonaSpain
出 版 物:《World Journal of Pediatrics》 (世界儿科杂志(英文版))
年 卷 期:2021年第17卷第1期
页 面:85-91页
核心收录:
学科分类:1002[医学-临床医学] 100201[医学-内科学(含:心血管病、血液病、呼吸系病、消化系病、内分泌与代谢病、肾病、风湿病、传染病)] 10[医学]
主 题:Admission COVID-19 Hospitalization SARS-CoV-2
摘 要:Background The pandemic caused by severe acute respiratory coronavirus 2(SARS-CoV-2)has had great effects on health systems worldwide,not only in relation to coronavirus disease 2019(COVID-19)cases but also affecting patients with other *** ECIEN-2020 is an observational study conducted in a tertiary referral hospital in Navarra,*** describes the effects of COVID-19 pandemic and the preventive measures adopted,in pediatric admissions for non-COVID-19 *** during March-June 2020(first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic in Spain)are described and compared with the same quarter in 2019.A sub-analysis was performed delving into *** characteristics(age,sex,past medical history),disease characteristics(symptoms,duration of symptoms,previous consultation in Primary Care Health Center),and admission characteristics(place and average stay)were *** A 33% reduction in the number of pediatric hospital admissions was observed,decreasing from 529 hospitaliza-tions in 2019 to 353 in 2020(P0.001).This highlights a 48% reduction in patients admitted for pulmonary *** were no significant changes in average hospital-stay,percentage of intensive care unit admissions,or in admissions for other *** of patients admitted among those seen in the emergency department rose from 5.1%in 2019 to 10.9% in 2020,whereas the total number of consultations in the emergency department decreased by 68%.Conclusion The pandemic and the measures adopted due to SARS-CoV-2 have significantly decreased pediatric admissions for non-COVID-19 diseases,especially due to a reduction in the hospitalization for respiratory diseases.