• Arch. Dis. Child. · Oct 2020

    Reduced PICU respiratory admissions during COVID-19.

    • Pablo Vásquez-Hoyos, Franco Diaz-Rubio, Nicolas Monteverde-Fernandez, Juan Camilo Jaramillo-Bustamante, Cristobal Carvajal, Alberto Serra, Todd Karsies, Alexandre Tellechea Rotta, Sebastián González-Dambrauskas, and LARed Network.
    • Pediatrics, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogota, Colombia pvasquez@fucsalud.edu.co pvasquezh@unal.edu.co.
    • Arch. Dis. Child. 2020 Oct 7.

    BackgroundThe COVID-19 pandemic reached the Southern Hemisphere in the autumn of 2020, thus coinciding with its expected annual viral respiratory season. The potential impact of national strategies aimed at mitigating COVID-19 during the pandemic on the incidence of other critical viral lower respiratory tract infections (LRTIs) in children is unknown.MethodsWe analysed admission data for LRTIs from 22 paediatric intensive care units (PICUs) in four countries, part of a large international Latin American registry of children with acute respiratory failure (Red Colaborativa Pediátrica de Latinoamérica [LARed Network]).ResultsBetween January and August, there were 83% fewer PICU admissions for LRTIs in 2020 compared to the 2018/2019 average over the same period. Similar decreases were noted for PICU admissions due to respiratory syncytial virus and influenza (92% and 78%, respectively).ConclusionWe observed a striking reduction in PICU admissions due to viral LRTIs over winter, during the COVID-19 pandemic in South America.© Author(s) (or their employer(s)) 2020. No commercial re-use. See rights and permissions. Published by BMJ.

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