[Influence of the COVID-19 pandemic on the epidemiology of acute bronchiolitis].

Autor:	Bermúdez Barrezueta L; Unidad de Cuidados Intensivos Pediátricos y Neonatales, Servicio de Pediatría, Hospital Clínico Universitario de Valladolid, Valladolid, España.; Departamento de Pediatría, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Valladolid, Valladolid, España., Gutiérrez Zamorano M; Unidad de Cuidados Intensivos Pediátricos y Neonatales, Servicio de Pediatría, Hospital Clínico Universitario de Valladolid, Valladolid, España., López-Casillas P; Unidad de Cuidados Intensivos Pediátricos y Neonatales, Servicio de Pediatría, Hospital Clínico Universitario de Valladolid, Valladolid, España., Brezmes-Raposo M; Unidad de Cuidados Intensivos Pediátricos y Neonatales, Servicio de Pediatría, Hospital Clínico Universitario de Valladolid, Valladolid, España.; Departamento de Pediatría, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Valladolid, Valladolid, España., Sanz Fernández I; Unidad de Cuidados Intensivos Pediátricos y Neonatales, Servicio de Pediatría, Hospital Clínico Universitario de Valladolid, Valladolid, España., Pino Vázquez MA; Unidad de Cuidados Intensivos Pediátricos y Neonatales, Servicio de Pediatría, Hospital Clínico Universitario de Valladolid, Valladolid, España.; Departamento de Pediatría, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Valladolid, Valladolid, España.
Jazyk:	Spanish; Castilian
Zdroj:	Enfermedades infecciosas y microbiologia clinica [Enferm Infecc Microbiol Clin] 2023 Jun-Jul; Vol. 41 (6), pp. 348-351. Date of Electronic Publication: 2021 Dec 22.
DOI:	10.1016/j.eimc.2021.11.014
Abstrakt:	Introduction: The COVID-19 pandemic has changed the circulation of some viruses associated with acute bronchiolitis. We analyzed the epidemiology of bronchiolitis admissions during the COVID-19 pandemic compared with 8 previous epidemic seasons. Methods: An observational and ambispective study was performed, including infants admitted with bronchiolitis in a tertiary hospital during 2 periods: COVID-19 pandemic (15th March 2020 to 3 rd August 2021) and pre-pandemic (1st September 2012 to 14th March 2020). Demographic, clinical data and etiologies were collected. Results: Five hundred ten patients were hospitalized with bronchiolitis: 486 in the pre-pandemic period with an average of 61 admissions per season vs. 24 during the pandemic, observing a 60.7% reduction in bronchiolitis admissions. During the pandemic, bronchiolitis outbreak was delayed until spring-summer 2021. Respiratory syncytial virus was the most frequent etiological agent in both periods. Conclusion: We observed a change in the seasonality of bronchiolitis during the pandemic COVID-19, possibly influenced by control measures against SARS-CoV-2. (© 2021 The Authors.)
Databáze:	MEDLINE
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