Impact of the national vaccination campaign against COVID-19 on patient attendance to the emergency department of the Pediatric Emergency Hospital

• Autores: Stramandinoli, Angela, Galdos-Bejar, Marcelo, Llave-Sangiacomo , Barbara, Diaz-Alvites, Ana Lucia, Carreazo, Nilton Yhuri
• Formato: artículo
• Fecha de Publicación: 2023
• Institución: Cuerpo Médico Hospital Nacional Almanzor Aguinaga Asenjo
• Repositorio: Revista del Cuerpo Médico Hospital Nacional Almanzor Aguinaga Asenjo
• Lenguaje: español
• OAI Identifier: oai:cmhnaaa_ojs_cmhnaaa.cmhnaaa.org.pe:article/1938
• Enlace del recurso: https://cmhnaaa.org.pe/ojs/index.php/rcmhnaaa/article/view/1938
• Nivel de acceso: acceso abierto
• Materia: Pediatría; Atención de emergencias; Covid-19; vacunación; Pediatrics; Emergency Care; variants of COVID-19; vaccination

Objective: To analyze the variation in attendance and diagnoses after the national vaccination campaign against COVID-19 in the pediatric emergency department. The study: Analytical retrospective cross-sectional study. Pediatric emergency department visits were compared between epidemiological weeks 1 and 52 of the years 2020 and 2021, analyzing sociodemographic characteristics, condition and diagnosis. Chi-square was used for bivariate analysis. Findings: A 77.8% increase was found in the number of attentions during the year 2021 compared to 2020. There was a 4% increase in infectious diseases and a 9.2% increase in respiratory diseases. In addition, a decrease of 8.7% was observed in gastrointestinal diseases. Conclusion: The results indicate that after the start of the national vaccination campaign, there was a significant increase in the number of patients compared to 2020, mainly for respiratory and infectious or parasitic diseases.