Evaluation of reported medical services provided to pediatric viral bronchiolitis diagnoses during the COVID-19 pandemic.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Mitigation strategies were implemented during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic that slowed the spread of this virus and other respiratory viruses. The objective of this study is to assess the impact of COVID-19 mitigation strategies on the medical services that children less than 1 year of age with acute bronchiolitis required (emergency department services, hospitalization, critical care services, and mechanical ventilation).

Methods

This was a retrospective observational cohort study utilizing TriNetX ® electronic health record (EHR) data. We included subjects less than 1 year of age with a diagnosis of acute bronchiolitis. After the query, the study population was divided into two groups [pre-COVID-19 (March 1st, 2019 until February 29th, 2020)

SUBMITTER: Krawiec C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8993416 | biostudies-literature | 2022 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature