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[Increase in severe acute respiratory infections in children during the last phase of the COVID-19 pandemic].
Rev Esp Quimioter
February 2024
Lorena Bermúdez Barrezueta. Hospital Clínico Universitario de Valladolid, Servicio de Pediatría. Av. Ramón y Cajal, 3, 8º planta. CP 47003 Valladolid. Spain.
Objective: The COVID-19 pandemic has caused a variation in the circulation of respiratory pathogens. Our aim was to analyze the epidemiology of severe acute respiratory infections (SARI) in children during 3 years of the COVID-19 pandemic, in comparison with a previous period.
Methods: An observational study was conducted in a tertiary hospital in Spain, which analyzed the frequency and characteristics of patients admitted for SARI in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) during the COVID-19 pandemic (1 March 2020 to 28 February 2023), compared to pre-pandemic period (1 March 2017 to 29 February 2020).