The impact of the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic on pediatric hospitalization in Kitami, Japan
| Autor: | Shinichi Ishikawa, Norio Sato, Takashi Suganuma, Kazumi Oura, Tomonobu Sato, Makoto Mikawa, Yuji Maruo, Haruki Shiraishi |
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| Rok vydání: | 2022 |
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medicine.medical_specialty
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) foreign body ingestion coronavirus Communicable Diseases Japan Age groups Human metapneumovirus respiratory infection Internal medicine Epidemiology Pandemic medicine Humans Respiratory system Child Pandemics Respiratory Tract Infections Retrospective Studies biology business.industry Incidence (epidemiology) COVID-19 Infant Respiratory infection Original Articles biology.organism_classification Hospitalization Child Preschool Respiratory Syncytial Virus Human Pediatrics Perinatology and Child Health Original Article epidemiology business gastrointestinal infection |
| Zdroj: | Pediatrics International |
| ISSN: | 1442-200X 1328-8067 |
| DOI: | 10.1111/ped.14937 |
| Popis: | Background Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID‐19) has drastically changed the recommended activities and environment of patients worldwide. Our aim was to assess the impact of COVID‐19 on pediatric hospitalizations in Kitami, Japan. Methods A retrospective, single‐center study was conducted on hospitalized patients aged 0–14 years at the Japanese Red Cross Kitami Hospital. We compared the incidence of pediatric patients hospitalized in 2020 with those in 2017–2019. Results The number of pediatric hospitalized patients dropped significantly in 2020 compared to that in 2017–2019 (median 43.0 vs. 78.5 per month, p < 0.001). The age was significantly older in 2020 (4.3 vs. 3.4 years, p < 0.001). Hospitalization from respiratory (8.5 vs. 30.5, p < 0.001) and gastrointestinal infections (3.0 vs. 6.0, p = 0.004) significantly decreased. Admission due to respiratory syncytial virus (0.0 vs. 4.0, p < 0.001), human metapneumovirus (0.0 vs. 1.0, p = 0.005), influenza (0.0 vs. 0.0, p = 0.009), adenovirus (0.0 vs. 1.0, p = 0.003), and rotavirus infection (0.0 vs. 0.0, p = 0.025) also decreased significantly. The |
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