Increase in Pediatric Pseudotumor Cerebri Syndrome Emergency Department Visits, Inpatient Admissions, and Surgeries During the COVID-19 Pandemic.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Pediatric pseudotumor cerebri syndrome (PTCS) is a vision-threatening condition that is associated with female sex and obesity in pubertal and postpubertal children. It is unknown whether the increase in childhood obesity during the COVID-19 pandemic has affected the rates and characteristics of pediatric PTCS.

Methods

We conducted a retrospective study of children evaluated for PTCS (inpatient or emergency department) at our children's hospital before (March 19, 2015 to March 19, 2020) and during (March 20, 2020 to February 20, 2021) the pandemic. We compared the monthly number of inpatient and emergency department encounters for pediatric PTCS before and during the pandemic. In addition, anthropometric and ophthalmologic characteristics of children evaluated for

SUBMITTER: Chang MY 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9842394 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature