Reduced PICU respiratory admissions during COVID-19
Journal
Archives of Disease in Childhood
ISSN
0003-9888
1468-2044
Date Issued
2020
Author(s)
Pablo Vásquez-Hoyos
Franco Diaz-Rubio
Nicolas Monteverde-Fernandez
Juan Camilo Jaramillo-Bustamante
Alberto Serra
Todd Karsies
Alexandre Tellechea Rotta
Sebastián González-Dambrauskas
Type
Resource Types::text::journal::journal article
URL Institutional Repository
Abstract
<jats:sec><jats:title>Background</jats:title><jats:p>The COVID-19 pandemic reached the Southern Hemisphere in the autumn of 2020, thus coinciding with its expected annual viral respiratory season. The potential impact of national strategies aimed at mitigating COVID-19 during the pandemic on the incidence of other critical viral lower respiratory tract infections (LRTIs) in children is unknown.</jats:p></jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Methods</jats:title><jats:p>We analysed admission data for LRTIs from 22 paediatric intensive care units (PICUs) in four countries, part of a large international Latin American registry of children with acute respiratory failure (Red Colaborativa Pediátrica de Latinoamérica [LARed Network]).</jats:p></jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results</jats:title><jats:p>Between January and August, there were 83% fewer PICU admissions for LRTIs in 2020 compared to the 2018/2019 average over the same period. Similar decreases were noted for PICU admissions due to respiratory syncytial virus and influenza (92% and 78%, respectively).</jats:p></jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Conclusion</jats:title><jats:p>We observed a striking reduction in PICU admissions due to viral LRTIs over winter, during the COVID-19 pandemic in South America.</jats:p></jats:sec>
Cite this document
Vásquez-Hoyos, P., Diaz-Rubio, F., Monteverde-Fernandez, N., Jaramillo-Bustamante, J. C., Carvajal, C., Serra, A., Karsies, T., Rotta, A. T., & González-Dambrauskas, S. (2021). Reduced PICU respiratory admissions during COVID-19. Archives of Disease in Childhood, 106(8), 808-811. https://doi.org/10.1136/archdischild-2020-320469
Subjects
syncytial virus
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child
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child, preschool
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covid-19
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female
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hospitalization
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humans
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incidence
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infant
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intensive care units, pediatric
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male
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patient admission
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registries
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respiratory tract infections
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sars-cov-2
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seasons
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acute respiratory failure
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adolescent
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adult
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article
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child
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cohort analysis
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coronavirus disease 2019
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hospital admission
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human
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human respiratory syncytial virus
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incidence
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influenza
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influenza virus
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lower respiratory tract infection
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major clinical study
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nonhuman
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pandemic
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pediatric intensive care unit
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respiratory syncytial virus infection
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severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2
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south america
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viral respiratory tract infection
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winter
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epidemiology
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female
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hospital admission
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hospitalization
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infant
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male
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preschool child
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register
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respiratory tract infection
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season
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therapy
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virology