From the Department of Pediatrics, Istanbul Ümraniye Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey.
Ann Saudi Med. 2023 Mar-Apr;43(2):70-75. doi: 10.5144/0256-4947.2023.70. Epub 2023 Apr 6.
The COVID-19 pandemic has affected many aspects of life as well as hospital admissions. We hypothesized that many infectious diseases and hospitalizations in the pediatric age group might have decreased during the pandemic period.
Evaluate patients admitted to the general pediatric wards during the pandemic in comparison with the pre-pandemic period.
Retrospective cross-sectional SETTING: General pediatrics wards of a tertiary hospital in Istanbul PATIENTS AND METHODS: The study included patients aged 0-18 years who were followed up while hospitalized in the general pediatrics wards between 11 March 2019 and 11 March 2021. The hospitalizations were grouped as pre-pandemic and pandemic based on the date when COVID-19 was declared a pandemic (11 March 2020).
Hospital admissions, length of stay, diagnoses, gender, age.
4343 hospitalizations.
Of the total 4343 hospitalizations meeting the inclusion criteria, 2786 (64.1%) occurred before the pandemic and 1557 (35.9%) during the pandemic, a 44% decrease. The distribution of all hospitalization diagnoses during the two years was as follows: respiratory tract diseases, 1768 (40.7%); neurological diseases, 946 (21.8%); gastrointestinal diseases, 550 (12.7%); hematological and oncological diseases, 514 (11.8%); genitourinary system and nephrological diseases, 504 (11.6%); and soft tissue infections, 255 (5.9%). During two years, there were 1418 (32.7%) patients with lower respiratory tract infections, 316 (7.3%) with gastroenteritis, and 440 (10.1%) with urinary system infections. The median hospital stay was 6 days before the pandemic and 4 days during the pandemic (<.0001). During the pandemic, the rate of respiratory diseases decreased from 48.7 to 26.5%, and that of lower respiratory tract infections decreased from 40.5 to 18.6% (<.0001).
Both previous studies and our results indicate that many infectious diseases in the pediatric age group significantly decreased, especially in the first months of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Single-center study.
None.
COVID-19 大流行不仅影响了人们生活的诸多方面，也影响了医院的收治情况。我们假设，在大流行期间，儿科年龄段的许多传染病和住院治疗可能会减少。
评估大流行期间和流行前时期入住儿科普通病房的患者。
回顾性的、横断面的研究
伊斯坦布尔一家三级医院的儿科普通病房
这项研究纳入了在 2019 年 3 月 11 日至 2021 年 3 月 11 日期间在儿科普通病房住院的 0 至 18 岁的患者。根据 COVID-19 宣布为大流行的日期（2020 年 3 月 11 日），将住院分为大流行前和大流行期间。
住院人数、住院时间、诊断、性别、年龄。
4343 例住院患者。
在符合纳入标准的 4343 例住院患者中，2786 例（64.1%）发生在大流行前，1557 例（35.9%）发生在大流行期间，下降了 44%。这两年所有住院诊断的分布情况如下：呼吸道疾病 1768 例（40.7%）；神经系统疾病 946 例（21.8%）；胃肠道疾病 550 例（12.7%）；血液学和肿瘤疾病 514 例（11.8%）；泌尿生殖系统和肾脏疾病 504 例（11.6%）；软组织感染 255 例（5.9%）。两年间，下呼吸道感染患者 1418 例（32.7%），胃肠炎患者 316 例（7.3%），尿路感染患者 440 例（10.1%）。大流行前的中位住院时间为 6 天，大流行期间为 4 天（<.0001）。大流行期间，呼吸道疾病的比例从 48.7%降至 26.5%，下呼吸道感染的比例从 40.5%降至 18.6%（<.0001）。
既往研究和我们的结果均表明，儿科年龄段的许多传染病显著减少，尤其是在 COVID-19 大流行的最初几个月。
单中心研究。
无。
