| Autor: |
Alexis Rybak, David Dawei Yang, Cécile Schrimpf, Romain Guedj, Corinne Levy, Robert Cohen, Vincent Gajdos, Julie Tort, David Skurnik, Naïm Ouldali, François Angoulvant |
| Jazyk: |
angličtina |
| Rok vydání: |
2021 |
| Předmět: |
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| Zdroj: |
Pathogens, Vol 10, Iss 11, p 1375 (2021) |
| Druh dokumentu: |
article |
| ISSN: |
2076-0817 |
| DOI: |
10.3390/pathogens10111375 |
| Popis: |
Non-pharmaceutical interventions (NPIs) were implemented to reduce the spread of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). A first national lockdown was decided in France on the 17 March 2020. These measures had an impact on other viral and non-viral infectious diseases. We aimed to assess this impact on community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) in children. We performed a quasi-experimental interrupted time series analysis. We used data from a French prospective surveillance system of six pediatric emergency departments (PEDs). All visits from 1 January 2017 to 31 December 2020 were included. Pre-intervention period was before 17 March 2020 and post-intervention period was after 18 March 2020. We estimated the impact on the weekly number of visits for CAP and CAP admission using quasi-Poisson regression modeling. A total of 981,782 PEDs visits were analyzed; among them, 8318 visits were associated with CAP, and 1774 of these were followed by a hospital admission. A major decrease was observed for CAP visits (−79.7% 95% CI [−84.3; −73.8]; p < 0.0001), and CAP admission (−71.3% 95 CI [−78.8; −61.1]; p < 0.0001). We observed a dramatic decrease of CAP in children following NPIs implementation. Further studies are required to assess the long-term impact of these measures. |
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