Sanitary measures to contain COVID-19 spread decreased pediatric hospitalizations due to other respiratory infections in Sao Paulo, Brazil

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作者
Altizani, Gabriela Marengone [1 ]
Pasti Balbao, Viviane da Mata [1 ]
Gaspar, Gilberto Gambero [2 ]
Aragon, Davi Casale [1 ]
Carmona, Fabio [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ Sao Paulo, Fac Med Ribeirao Preto, Dept Pediat, Ribeirao Preto, SP, Brazil
[2] Univ Sao Paulo, Fac Med Ribeirao Preto, Dept Med Interna, Ribeirao Preto, SP, Brazil
关键词
Social isolation; Social distancing; Respiratory tract infections; Hospitalization; Coronavirus; CHILDREN; PNEUMONIA;
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10.1016/j.jped.2022.01.005
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R72 [儿科学];
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100202 ;
摘要
Objective: After the Covid-19 pandemics hit Brazil and sanitary measures were adopted to contain its dissemination, pediatric hospital admissions were apparently fewer than usual. The authors aimed to describe the time trends of public hospital admissions of children and adolescents due to respiratory infections (RIs) in Sao Paulo State, Brazil, before and after the adoption of sanitary measures to contain the dissemination of Covid-19. Methods: Ecological, time-series study on the monthly average number of admissions per day of children and adolescents (< 16 years) admitted to public hospitals of Sao Paulo due to acute RIs between January 2008 and March 2021. Data from 2008 to 2019 were used to adjust the statistical model, while data from 2020 and 2021 were compared to the values predicted by the model. Results: In 2020 and 2021, the number of hospital admissions was significantly lower than predicted by the time series. However, lethality was three times higher in these years, compared to the previous, and six times higher in patients with Covid-19, compared to those without the disease. Hospitalization costs in 2020 and 2021 were lower than in previous years. Conclusions: These findings suggest that the sanitary measures adopted to contain the dissemination of Covid-19 also effectively reduce the transmission of other respiratory viruses. Policymakers and administrators can use this knowledge as a guide to planning preventative interventions that could decrease the number and severity of RIs and related hospital admissions in children and adolescents, decreasing the burden on the public health system. (C) 2022 Sociedade Brasileira de Pediatria. Published by Elsevier Editora Ltda.
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