The impact of COVID-19 pandemic on acute otitis media among the pediatric population

BACKGROUND: The incidence of respiratory diseases has dropped during the school closures at the COVID-19 pandemic including acute otitis media (AOM) among the pediatric population. METHODS: This study included 2090 patients under 12 years old, that were diagnosed with AOM between March 2019 and Febr...

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Autores principales: Favoretto, Mariana Heraria, Mitre, Edson Ibrahim, Vianna, Melissa Ferreira, Lazarini, Paulo Roberto
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier B.V. 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8677420/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34990924
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijporl.2021.111009
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Sumario:BACKGROUND: The incidence of respiratory diseases has dropped during the school closures at the COVID-19 pandemic including acute otitis media (AOM) among the pediatric population. METHODS: This study included 2090 patients under 12 years old, that were diagnosed with AOM between March 2019 and February 2021 at the otolaryngology and pediatrics emergency room at a public tertiary hospital in Sao Paulo, Brazil. RESULTS: There was a significant drop in number of AOM cases diagnosed during the quarantine. The group before the pandemic represents 87,2% of the total attendings and the first two months of quarantine had the major attendance discrepancy between the same period during pre-pandemic times. CONCLUSION: Quarantine isolation measures and school closures may have helped reduce not only the coronavirus spread but also other infectious diseases such as AOM among the pediatric population.

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