SARS-CoV-2 Pandemic Impact on Pediatric Emergency Rooms: A Multicenter Study
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
3. Results
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Hospitals | 2019 | 2020 | Decrease |
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Umberto I—Rome | 3735 | 674 | −82% |
San Camillo—Rome | 2240 | 400 | −82% |
Sant’Eugenio—Rome | 1744 | 90 | −95% |
Santa Maria Goretti—Latina | 1321 | 220 | −83% |
Burlo-Garofolo—Trieste | 4127 | 1111 | −73% |
Vittorio Emanuele—Catania | 2000 | 208 | −90% |
Gaspare Salesi—Ancona | 4044 | 895 | −78% |
San Paolo—Milan | 2234 | 189 | −92% |
Ponte San Pietro—Bergamo | 1814 | 169 | −91% |
Papa Giovanni XIII—Bergamo | 4191 | 762 | −82% |
Sant’Orsola Malpighi—Bologna | 3893 | 1083 | −72% |
Santobono—Naples | 16,797 | 3869 | −77% |
San Matteo degli Infermi—Spoleto | 247 | 57 | −77% |
Fabrizio Spaziani—Frosinone | 2757 | 262 | −90% |
San Giovanni Battista—Foligno | 1220 | 123 | −90% |
Total | 52,364 | 10,112 | −81% |
Diseases | 2019 (n = 52,364) | 2020 (n = 10,112) | p Value |
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Air communicable diseases | 25,462 (48.6%) | 2934 (29%) | p < 0.001 |
Non-air communicable diseases | 26,902 (51.4%) | 7178 (71%) |
Triage Categories | High-Incidence Areas | Low-Incidence Areas | p Value | |
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RED | 2019 | 71 (0.6%) | 337 (0.8%) | 0.79 |
2020 | 18 (0.8%) | 79 (1.0%) | ||
YELLOW | 2019 | 1267 (10.4%) | 4411 (10.9%) | <0.001 |
2020 | 279 (12.6%) | 1301 (16.4%) | ||
GREEN | 2019 | 9824 (81.0%) | 30,883 (76.8%) | <0.001 |
2020 | 1613 (73.2%) | 5726 (72.5%) | ||
WHITE | 2019 | 958 (7.9%) | 4575 (11.4%) | <0.001 |
2020 | 302 (13.7%) | 770 (9.7%) |
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Matera, L.; Nenna, R.; Rizzo, V.; Ardenti Morini, F.; Banderali, G.; Calvani, M.; Calvi, M.; Cozzi, G.; Fabiani, E.; Falsaperla, R.; et al. SARS-CoV-2 Pandemic Impact on Pediatric Emergency Rooms: A Multicenter Study. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2020, 17, 8753. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17238753
Matera L, Nenna R, Rizzo V, Ardenti Morini F, Banderali G, Calvani M, Calvi M, Cozzi G, Fabiani E, Falsaperla R, et al. SARS-CoV-2 Pandemic Impact on Pediatric Emergency Rooms: A Multicenter Study. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2020; 17(23):8753. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17238753
Chicago/Turabian StyleMatera, Luigi, Raffaella Nenna, Valentina Rizzo, Francesca Ardenti Morini, Giuseppe Banderali, Mauro Calvani, Matteo Calvi, Giorgio Cozzi, Elisabetta Fabiani, Raffaele Falsaperla, and et al. 2020. "SARS-CoV-2 Pandemic Impact on Pediatric Emergency Rooms: A Multicenter Study" International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 17, no. 23: 8753. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17238753