The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic Lockdown on Pediatric Infections-A Single-Center Retrospective Study

Article Infectious Diseases

Changes in paediatric respiratory infections at a UK teaching hospital 2016-2021; impact of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic

Sheila F. Lumley et al.

Summary: The SARS-CoV-2 pandemic had a significant impact on the incidence of paediatric viral respiratory tract infection in Oxfordshire, UK. The findings have implications for clinical service demand, testing strategies, timing of palivizumab RSV prophylaxis, and the effectiveness of public health interventions in preventing respiratory virus infections.

JOURNAL OF INFECTION (2022)

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Article Public, Environmental & Occupational Health

Stranger Months: How SARS-CoV-2, Fear of Contagion, and Lockdown Measures Impacted Attendance and Clinical Activity During February and March 2020 at an Urban Emergency Department in Milan

Stefano Franchini et al.

Summary: The unprecedented wave of patients with acute respiratory failure due to COVID-19 hit emergency departments in Lombardy, causing a significant drop in ED attendance and an increase in patients needing oxygen, noninvasive ventilation, ICU transfers, and in-hospital mortality. The fear of contagion led to missed or delayed diagnoses for conditions other than COVID-19.

DISASTER MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH PREPAREDNESS (2021)

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Letter Pediatrics

RSV bronchiolitis season 2021 has arrived, so be prepared!

Faris Hussain et al.

ARCHIVES OF DISEASE IN CHILDHOOD (2021)

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Article Infectious Diseases

Impact of public health measures on the post-COVID-19 respiratory syncytial virus epidemics in France

Jacques Fourgeaud et al.

Summary: The study described the impact of public health measures on RSV severe infections in France during the COVID-19 pandemic. The 2020/2021 RSV outbreak in France involved more children aged 6 to 11 months, but less infants aged < 6 months and less adults compared to previous outbreaks. The outbreak in 2020/2021 resulted in shorter hospital stays, less frequent admission to intensive care unit, and less use of non-invasive ventilation or high-flow nasal oxygen therapy than previous outbreaks.

EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY & INFECTIOUS DISEASES (2021)

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Article Medicine, General & Internal

Changes in the Occurrence of Gastrointestinal Infections after COVID-19 in Korea

So Yun Ahn et al.

Summary: This study found that the incidence of gastrointestinal virus infections significantly decreased after the COVID-19 outbreak, while the incidence of bacterial pathogens did not significantly decrease.

JOURNAL OF KOREAN MEDICAL SCIENCE (2021)

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Article Medicine, General & Internal

The impact of the lockdown and the re-opening of schools and day cares on the epidemiology of SARS-CoV-2 and other respiratory infections in children - A nationwide register study in Finland

Marjut Haapanen et al.

Summary: The nationwide lockdown in Finland had a significant impact on the incidences of respiratory pathogens, except for SARS-CoV-2. The reopening of schools and day care centres did not have an immediate impact on the incidences of any respiratory pathogens.

ECLINICALMEDICINE (2021)

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Article Medicine, General & Internal