Department of Pediatrics C, Schneider Children's Medical Center of Israel, Petah Tiqva, Israel.
Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel.
Acta Paediatr. 2024 Oct;113(10):2259-2265. doi: 10.1111/apa.17355. Epub 2024 Aug 7.
Following the Hamas terror attack on Israeli towns on October 2023, 250 individuals were taken into captivity. On November-December 2023, during the cease-fire deal, 26 women and children were released. This study is the first to describe the physical and behavioural findings in children and their mothers in the immediate phase of returning home from captivity.
This is a retrospective study describing the clinical characteristics of the returnees after 49-53 days in captivity. Patients were admitted to a designated unit in the Schnieder Children's Medical Center of Israel on November-December 2023. The hospitalisation duration was 1-9 days. All patients were evaluated according to a detailed protocol and were treated respectively.
Patient population included 19 children (ranged 2-18 years old) and 7 women (ranged 34-78 years old). The most common clinical findings upon return included significant weight loss, psychological trauma, complications of poor hygiene and complications of recent shrapnel injuries. Microbiology tests were positive for multiple gastrointestinal pathogens. Serologic screening tests were positive for various infectious diseases.
Clinical findings in this time period were diverse and required the attention of a multidisciplinary team. Long term clinical and psychological effects are yet to be known.
2023 年 10 月 20 日，哈马斯对以色列城镇发动恐怖袭击后，有 250 人被关押。2023 年 11 月至 12 月，在停火协议期间，有 26 名妇女和儿童获释。本研究首次描述了从关押中回家后立即阶段儿童及其母亲的身体和行为发现。
这是一项回顾性研究，描述了 2023 年 11 月至 12 月关押 49-53 天后返回者的临床特征。患者被收治在以色列施耐德儿童医疗中心的一个指定病房。住院时间为 1-9 天。根据详细的方案对所有患者进行评估并分别进行治疗。
患者人群包括 19 名儿童（年龄 2-18 岁）和 7 名妇女（年龄 34-78 岁）。返回后最常见的临床发现包括明显的体重减轻、心理创伤、不良卫生习惯引起的并发症和最近弹片伤引起的并发症。微生物学检测对多种胃肠道病原体呈阳性。血清学筛查试验对各种传染病呈阳性。
在此期间的临床发现多种多样，需要多学科团队的关注。长期的临床和心理影响尚不清楚。
