Acute paediatric mastoiditis in the UK before and during the COVID-19 pandemic: A national observational study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To explore the impact of COVID-19 on the management and outcomes of acute paediatric mastoiditis across the UK.

Design

National retrospective and prospective audit.

Setting

48 UK secondary care ENT departments.

Participants

Consecutive children aged 18 years or under, referred to ENT with a clinical diagnosis of mastoiditis.

Main outcome measures

Cases were divided into Period 1 (01/11/19-15/03/20), before the UK population were instructed to reduce social contact, and Period 2 (16/03/20-30/04/21), following this. Periods 1 and 2 were compared for population variables, management and outcomes. Secondary analyses compared outcomes by primary treatment (medical/needle aspiration/surgical).

Results

286 cases met criteria (median 4 per site

SUBMITTER: Smith ME 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8652842 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature