Admissions for Bronchiolitis at Children's Hospitals Before and During the COVID-19 Pandemic.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

The COVID-19 pandemic has been associated with a transient decrease in bronchiolitis hospitalizations compared with prepandemic patterns, but current effects remain unknown.

Objective

To analyze changes in patterns of bronchiolitis admissions at US children's hospitals during the 2020-2023 bronchiolitis seasons compared with the 2010-2019 seasons.

Design, setting, and participants

This retrospective cross-sectional study used data from 41 US children's hospitals in the Pediatric Health Information System database. Bronchiolitis has winter-predominant seasonality, so hospitalizations were grouped according to bronchiolitis season (from July through June). This study included all patients aged younger than 2 years admitted with a diagnosis of bronchiolitis be

SUBMITTER: Remien KA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10603547 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature