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Reduction in paediatric intensive care admissions during COVID-19 lockdown in Maryland, USA.

ABSTRACT: As a public health measure during the COVID-19 pandemic, governments around the world instituted a variety of interventions to 'flatten the curve'. The government of Maryland instituted similar measures. We observed a striking decline in paediatric intensive care unit (PICU) admissions during that period, mostly due to a decease in respiratory infections. We believe this decline is multifactorial: less person-to-person contact, better air quality and perhaps 'fear' of going to a hospital during the pandemic. We report an analysis of our PICU admissions during the lockdown period and compared them with the same time period during the four previous years.

SUBMITTER: Graciano AL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7640529 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Reduction in paediatric intensive care admissions during COVID-19 lockdown in Maryland, USA.

Graciano Ana Lia AL   Bhutta Adnan T AT   Custer Jason W JW  

BMJ paediatrics open 20201103 1

As a public health measure during the COVID-19 pandemic, governments around the world instituted a variety of interventions to 'flatten the curve'. The government of Maryland instituted similar measures. We observed a striking decline in paediatric intensive care unit (PICU) admissions during that period, mostly due to a decease in respiratory infections. We believe this decline is multifactorial: less person-to-person contact, better air quality and perhaps 'fear' of going to a hospital during  ...[more]