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

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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...

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Autores: Stramandinoli, Angela, Galdos-Bejar, Marcelo, Llave-Sangiacomo, Barbara, Diaz-Alvites, Ana Lucia, Carreazo, Nilton Yhuri
Formato: artículo
Fecha de Publicación:2023
Institución:Universidad Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas
Repositorio:UPC-Institucional
Lenguaje:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:repositorioacademico.upc.edu.pe:10757/673159
Enlace del recurso:http://hdl.handle.net/10757/673159
Nivel de acceso:acceso abierto
Materia:COVID-19
Emergency Care
Pediatrics
vaccination
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Sumario: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.
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