[Changes from COVID-19. A perspective from internal pediatric medicine].

Autor: Alcalá Minagorre PJ; Unidad de Hospitalización Pediátrica, Hospital General Universitario de Alicante, Alicante, España. Electronic address: alcala_ped@gva.es., Villalobos Pinto E; Servicio de Pediatría, Hospital Niño Jesús, Madrid, España., Ramos Fernández JM; Servicio de Pediatría, Hospital Regional Universitario Materno-Infantil de Málaga, Málaga, España., Rodríguez-Fernández R; Sección de Pediatría Hospitalaria, Hospital Gregorio Marañón, Madrid, España., Vázquez Ronco M; Sección de Pediatría Hospitalaria, Hospital Universitario Cruces, Barakaldo, Bizkaia, España., Escosa-García L; Servicio de Pediatría Hospitalaria, Enfermedades Infecciosas y Tropicales, Hospital Universitario La Paz, Madrid, España., Montiano Jorge JI; Servicio de Pediatría, Hospital Universitario Araba, Vitoria-Gasteiz, España., García García JJ; Unidad de Hospitalización Pediátrica, Hospital Sant Joan de Déu, Esplugues de Llobregat, Barcelona, España.
Jazyk: Spanish; Castilian
Zdroj: Anales de pediatria [An Pediatr (Engl Ed)] 2020 Nov; Vol. 93 (5), pp. 343.e1-343.e8. Date of Electronic Publication: 2020 Jun 19.
DOI: 10.1016/j.anpedi.2020.06.004
Abstrakt: SARS-CoV-2 pandemic dimension has affected the Hospital Pediatrics Medicine assistance in our country. New challenges generated by COVID-19 require a series of proactive measures, based on existing scientific knowledge and standards of good practice, that allow the Pediatric Hospital services readiness and operability. Hospital Internal Pediatrics, as responsible of integral care of the hospitalized child, plays a leading role in the new hospital model emerging from this crisis. This review analyzes the impact of the current SARS-CoV-2 epidemic on pediatric care, and perspective of new COVID-19 outbreaks in coexistence with other viral infections. Changes secondary to pandemic involved in Hospital Pediatric units, how to prepare for future epidemics, also the involvement of pediatric units in adult care and the possible opportunities for improvement need to be revised. Assistance of patients with chronic complex conditions in epidemic circumstances, safety aspects, opportunities for teaching and ethical considerations are reviewed. The Spanish Society of Hospital Pediatrics Medicine offers with this article a series of resources for Internal Pediatric Medicine practitioners responsible to face next challenges in pediatric hospitalization units.
(Copyright © 2020 Asociación Española de Pediatría. Publicado por Elsevier España, S.L.U. All rights reserved.)
Databáze: MEDLINE