Acute respiratory infection emergency access in a tertiary care children hospital in Italy, prior and after the SARS-CoV-2 emergence.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The COVID-19 pandemic has changed the epidemiology of acute respiratory infections (ARIs) in children. The aims of the present study were to describe the epidemiological trend of ARI emergency visits and virology results prior and after the SARS-CoV-2 emergence and to estimate the association of ARI emergency department (ED) visits with respiratory viruses.

Methods

This study was conducted at the Bambino Gesù Children's Hospital, a tertiary care children's hospital in the Lazio Region, Italy. The demographic and clinical information of children who accessed the ED and were diagnosed with ARI from January 1, 2018 to June 30, 2022 was retrospectively extracted from the electronic health records. The observed temporal trends in viruses diagnosed from respiratory samp

SUBMITTER: Ciofi Degli Atti M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10026100 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature