Epidemiology of Pediatric Foreign Body Ingestions Amidst the Coronavirus 2019 Pandemic at a Tertiary Care Children's Hospital.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

The coronavirus disease (COVID) 2019 pandemic and resultant stay-at-home orders altered caregivers' responsibilities and children's daily environments. We aimed to compare the epidemiology and morbidity of foreign body ingestions (FBIs) during the COVID pandemic and the prior year.

Methods

We performed a retrospective review of children cared for at our tertiary care children's hospital for FBI from March to July 2019 (pre-COVID) and March to July 2020 (COVID). Cases were identified via a search of all diagnoses of foreign bodies (FBs) in the alimentary tract. Charts were reviewed to determine the types of FBs ingested and the patients' clinical courses.

Results

A total of 71 encounters were identified. Thirty ingestions occurred in the pre-COVID cohort and

SUBMITTER: Klein LJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8808762 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature