Foreign-body Ingestions in Children During COVID-19 Pandemic in a Pediatric Referral Center

Foreign-body Ingestions in Children During COVID-19 Pandemic in a Pediatric Referral Center

In February 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic overwhelmed Italy. We retrospectively reviewed all attendances and emergency (A&E) admissions due to foreign-body ingestions (FBIs) to an Italian pediatric referral hospital, from February 24 to April 24, 2020, COVID-19 lockdown and compared them with the...

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Veröffentlicht in:JPGN reports 2020-11, Vol.1 (2), p.e018-e018
Hauptverfasser: Pizzol, Antonio, Rigazio, Caterina, Calvo, Pier Luigi, Scottoni, Federico, Pane, Alessandro, Gennari, Fabrizio, Cisarò, Fabio
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Zusammenfassung:In February 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic overwhelmed Italy. We retrospectively reviewed all attendances and emergency (A&E) admissions due to foreign-body ingestions (FBIs) to an Italian pediatric referral hospital, from February 24 to April 24, 2020, COVID-19 lockdown and compared them with the same period in the previous 4 years. A total of 101 cases were recorded. Mean age of admission was 4.6 years. Groups did not differ for gender ( P  = 0.4) or age ( P  = 0.3). Among FBIs ingestions, 24.0% occurred in children with
ISSN:2691-171X
2691-171X
DOI:10.1097/PG9.0000000000000018