Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA.
Division of Pediatric Pulmonology, Allergy, and Sleep Medicine, Riley Hospital for Children, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA.
Pediatr Pulmonol. 2021 May;56(5):1271-1273. doi: 10.1002/ppul.25250. Epub 2021 Jan 12.
To assess the impact of COVID-19 restrictions on cystic fibrosis (CF) pulmonary exacerbations (PEx) we performed a retrospective review of PEx events at our CF Center and compared the rate of PEx in 2019 versus 2020. Restrictions on social interaction due to the COVID-19 pandemic were associated with a lower number of PEx events at our pediatric CF Center, suggesting that these restrictions also reduced exposure to other respiratory viral infection in children with CF.
为了评估 COVID-19 限制措施对囊性纤维化(CF)肺部恶化(PEx)的影响,我们对我院 CF 中心的 PEx 事件进行了回顾性分析,并比较了 2019 年和 2020 年的 PEx 发生率。由于 COVID-19 大流行而对社会互动的限制与我院儿科 CF 中心的 PEx 事件数量减少有关,这表明这些限制措施还减少了 CF 患儿接触其他呼吸道病毒感染的机会。