The impact of COVID-19 pandemic on acute otitis media among the pediatric population.

Autor: Favoretto MH; Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Irmandade Santa Casa de Misericordia de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil. Electronic address: marifavoretto@gmail.com., Mitre EI; Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Irmandade Santa Casa de Misericordia de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil. Electronic address: edsonmitre@uol.com.br., Vianna MF; Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Irmandade Santa Casa de Misericordia de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil. Electronic address: melissa_vianna@hotmail.com., Lazarini PR; Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Irmandade Santa Casa de Misericordia de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil. Electronic address: prlazarini@gmail.com.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: International journal of pediatric otorhinolaryngology [Int J Pediatr Otorhinolaryngol] 2022 Feb; Vol. 153, pp. 111009. Date of Electronic Publication: 2021 Dec 17.
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijporl.2021.111009
Abstrakt: Background: The incidence of respiratory diseases has dropped during the school closures at the COVID-19 pandemic including acute otitis media (AOM) among the pediatric population.
Methods: This study included 2090 patients under 12 years old, that were diagnosed with AOM between March 2019 and February 2021 at the otolaryngology and pediatrics emergency room at a public tertiary hospital in Sao Paulo, Brazil.
Results: There was a significant drop in number of AOM cases diagnosed during the quarantine. The group before the pandemic represents 87,2% of the total attendings and the first two months of quarantine had the major attendance discrepancy between the same period during pre-pandemic times.
Conclusion: Quarantine isolation measures and school closures may have helped reduce not only the coronavirus spread but also other infectious diseases such as AOM among the pediatric population.
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Databáze: MEDLINE
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