Impact of COVID-19 on paediatric emergency department attendances at four English hospitals

Paediatric emergency department (PED) attendances reduced worldwide during the COVID-19 pandemic (2020) but anecdotally babies under 30 days (BUD) appeared less affected. We collated monthly PED attendances (16 years and under) across four hospitals (three district general hospitals and a tertiary s...

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Autores principales: Aldridge, Patrick, Wilson, Sarah, Roland, Damian, McCann, Gerard, Burridge, Richard George
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BMJ Publishing Group 2022
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Original Research Letter
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8830266/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36053588
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjpo-2021-001345
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Wilson, Sarah
Roland, Damian
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description Paediatric emergency department (PED) attendances reduced worldwide during the COVID-19 pandemic (2020) but anecdotally babies under 30 days (BUD) appeared less affected. We collated monthly PED attendances (16 years and under) across four hospitals (three district general hospitals and a tertiary specialist PED) in England, UK from January 2017 to December 2020. Gross PED attendances dropped by 34% in 2020 (n=98 256) compared to 2019 (n=148 640). However, cumulative BUD attendances dropped by only 6% in 2020 (n=3922) compared to 2019 (n=4162). Monthly site-specific attendances showed marginal variation. PED attendances broadly decreased in 2020 with less of an impact on BUD.
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spelling pubmed-88302662022-02-24 Impact of COVID-19 on paediatric emergency department attendances at four English hospitals Aldridge, Patrick Wilson, Sarah Roland, Damian McCann, Gerard Burridge, Richard George BMJ Paediatr Open Original Research Letter Paediatric emergency department (PED) attendances reduced worldwide during the COVID-19 pandemic (2020) but anecdotally babies under 30 days (BUD) appeared less affected. We collated monthly PED attendances (16 years and under) across four hospitals (three district general hospitals and a tertiary specialist PED) in England, UK from January 2017 to December 2020. Gross PED attendances dropped by 34% in 2020 (n=98 256) compared to 2019 (n=148 640). However, cumulative BUD attendances dropped by only 6% in 2020 (n=3922) compared to 2019 (n=4162). Monthly site-specific attendances showed marginal variation. PED attendances broadly decreased in 2020 with less of an impact on BUD. BMJ Publishing Group 2022-02-08 /pmc/articles/PMC8830266/ /pubmed/36053588 http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjpo-2021-001345 Text en © Author(s) (or their employer(s)) 2022. Re-use permitted under CC BY-NC. No commercial re-use. See rights and permissions. Published by BMJ. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/This is an open access article distributed in accordance with the Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial (CC BY-NC 4.0) license, which permits others to distribute, remix, adapt, build upon this work non-commercially, and license their derivative works on different terms, provided the original work is properly cited, appropriate credit is given, any changes made indicated, and the use is non-commercial. See: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) .
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8830266/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36053588
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjpo-2021-001345
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