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Impact of COVID-19 lockdown on a tertiary center pediatric otolaryngology emergency department
To assess the quantitative and qualitative impact of the COVID-19 lockdown on pediatric otolaryngology emergency activity. A retrospective study was conducted in a pediatric otolaryngology tertiary care center. Emergency activity during the lockdown period from March 17 to May 11, 2020, was compared...
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2021
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8425462/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34498170 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00431-021-04236-3 |
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author | Carré, Fabienne Leboulanger, Nicolas Thierry, Briac Simon, François Couloigner, Vincent Denoyelle, Françoise Luscan, Romain |
author_facet | Carré, Fabienne Leboulanger, Nicolas Thierry, Briac Simon, François Couloigner, Vincent Denoyelle, Françoise Luscan, Romain |
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description | To assess the quantitative and qualitative impact of the COVID-19 lockdown on pediatric otolaryngology emergency activity. A retrospective study was conducted in a pediatric otolaryngology tertiary care center. Emergency activity during the lockdown period from March 17 to May 11, 2020, was compared to the 2019 and 2018 averages for the same period. Study data included a number of emergency consultations and the number and type of surgical procedures: infection management, endoscopic airway procedure, and post-tonsillectomy hemorrhage. Only 350 children were referred to the pediatric otolaryngology emergencies in our center during the lockdown, compared to 761 on the same period the year before (− 54%); 62 emergency surgeries were performed, compared to 93 (− 33%). The ratio between emergency surgeries and consultations was 18% in 2020, versus 12% previously (p = 0.014). The number of surgical procedures for infectious diseases decreased (− 68%), at 16% of surgical emergencies in 2020 compared to 33% previously (p = 0.017). In 2020, 52 emergency endoscopies were performed, versus 59 previously (− 12%), 27% being performed for suspected tracheobronchial or esophageal foreign bodies, compared to 66% in previous years (p < 0.0001). No post-tonsillectomy hemorrhages were managed in 2020. Conclusion: The COVID-19 lockdown changed pediatric ENT emergency activity quantitatively and also qualitatively. |
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spelling | pubmed-84254622021-09-09 Impact of COVID-19 lockdown on a tertiary center pediatric otolaryngology emergency department Carré, Fabienne Leboulanger, Nicolas Thierry, Briac Simon, François Couloigner, Vincent Denoyelle, Françoise Luscan, Romain Eur J Pediatr Original Article To assess the quantitative and qualitative impact of the COVID-19 lockdown on pediatric otolaryngology emergency activity. A retrospective study was conducted in a pediatric otolaryngology tertiary care center. Emergency activity during the lockdown period from March 17 to May 11, 2020, was compared to the 2019 and 2018 averages for the same period. Study data included a number of emergency consultations and the number and type of surgical procedures: infection management, endoscopic airway procedure, and post-tonsillectomy hemorrhage. Only 350 children were referred to the pediatric otolaryngology emergencies in our center during the lockdown, compared to 761 on the same period the year before (− 54%); 62 emergency surgeries were performed, compared to 93 (− 33%). The ratio between emergency surgeries and consultations was 18% in 2020, versus 12% previously (p = 0.014). The number of surgical procedures for infectious diseases decreased (− 68%), at 16% of surgical emergencies in 2020 compared to 33% previously (p = 0.017). In 2020, 52 emergency endoscopies were performed, versus 59 previously (− 12%), 27% being performed for suspected tracheobronchial or esophageal foreign bodies, compared to 66% in previous years (p < 0.0001). No post-tonsillectomy hemorrhages were managed in 2020. Conclusion: The COVID-19 lockdown changed pediatric ENT emergency activity quantitatively and also qualitatively. Springer Berlin Heidelberg 2021-09-08 2022 /pmc/articles/PMC8425462/ /pubmed/34498170 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00431-021-04236-3 Text en © The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer-Verlag GmbH Germany, part of Springer Nature 2021 This article is made available via the PMC Open Access Subset for unrestricted research re-use and secondary analysis in any form or by any means with acknowledgement of the original source. These permissions are granted for the duration of the World Health Organization (WHO) declaration of COVID-19 as a global pandemic. |
spellingShingle | Original Article Carré, Fabienne Leboulanger, Nicolas Thierry, Briac Simon, François Couloigner, Vincent Denoyelle, Françoise Luscan, Romain Impact of COVID-19 lockdown on a tertiary center pediatric otolaryngology emergency department |
title | Impact of COVID-19 lockdown on a tertiary center pediatric otolaryngology emergency department |
title_full | Impact of COVID-19 lockdown on a tertiary center pediatric otolaryngology emergency department |
title_fullStr | Impact of COVID-19 lockdown on a tertiary center pediatric otolaryngology emergency department |
title_full_unstemmed | Impact of COVID-19 lockdown on a tertiary center pediatric otolaryngology emergency department |
title_short | Impact of COVID-19 lockdown on a tertiary center pediatric otolaryngology emergency department |
title_sort | impact of covid-19 lockdown on a tertiary center pediatric otolaryngology emergency department |
topic | Original Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8425462/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34498170 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00431-021-04236-3 |
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