Pediatrics, University Hospital Bonn, Bonn, Germany.
Department of Paediatric Endocrinology and Diabetology, Charite Medical Faculty Berlin, Berlin, Germany.
BMJ Paediatr Open. 2023 May;7(1). doi: 10.1136/bmjpo-2023-001987.
An unusual high number of girls were referred to our paediatric endocrine clinic with suspected precocious puberty (PP) since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic. We analysed our data and initiated a survey among German paediatric endocrinologists.At our centre, less than 10 patients were diagnosed of PP annually between 2015 and 2019. This increased to n=23 (2020) and n=30 (2021). A German survey confirmed this observation: Out of 44 centres which completed the questionnaire, 30/44 (68%) reported an increase of PP. Above this, 32/44 (72%) stated an increase in girls diagnosed with 'early normal puberty' since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic.
自 COVID-19 大流行开始以来,我们儿科内分泌科接诊了异常多的疑似性早熟 (PP) 女孩。我们分析了数据,并在德国儿科内分泌医生中开展了一项调查。在我们中心,2015 年至 2019 年期间,每年诊断的 PP 患者不到 10 例。这一数字在 2020 年增加到 n=23,2021 年增加到 n=30。一项德国调查证实了这一观察结果:在完成问卷的 44 个中心中,30/44(68%)报告称 PP 病例有所增加。除此之外,32/44(72%)表示自 COVID-19 大流行开始以来,诊断为“早期正常青春期”的女孩人数有所增加。