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Rev Mex Pediatr 2023; 90 (3)

Impact COVID-19 pandemic on respiratory diseases and circulation of viruses in the pediatric emergency department

Vera-Valencia G, Rendón-Macías ME, López-Enriquez C, Casillas-Casillas MC, Escobedo-Berumen L, Ortega-Zárate PN, Buenfil-Rebolledo N, Silva-Ramírez H

Language: Spanish
References: 23
Page: 97-102
PDF size: 239.40 Kb.


ABSTRACT

Introduction: acute respiratory infections (ARI) are the main cause of care in emergency departments. Isolation measures due to the COVID-19 pandemic could have changed the prevalence of viruses that cause ARI. Objective: to determine the possible impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the prevalence of viral agents in patients with ARI. Material and methods: an analysis was carried out of the emergency visits of pediatric patients with upper or lower respiratory symptoms, in whom virus detection was performed, during the period from 2019 to 2022. The study was carried out in a private hospital. Trends were analyzed through adjusted correlations, whether linear, quadratic, or cubic. Results: during 2019, 1,456 patients with ARI were treated, by 2020 it dropped to 660, in 2021 to 281, and in 2022 it rose to 872. The prevalence of viruses in the four years showed two patterns of behavior: one with a quadratic trend (respiratory syncytial virus A, coronavirus 229E and NL63, parainfluenza 4 and enterovirus) and another cubic trend (respiratory syncytial virus B, adenovirus, coronavirus OC43, parainfluenza 3 and rhinovirus). Conclusions: the COVID-19 pandemic had an impact on a lower frequency of ARI care in the emergency room, as well as on the change in the prevalence of respiratory viruses.


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