1. WITHDRAWN: COVID-19 related acute decline in paediatric admissions in Malta, a population-based study
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Neil Grech, Victor Grech, Sophie Degiorgio, John Xuereb, and Yana Marie Dimech
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Child abuse ,medicine.medical_specialty ,education.field_of_study ,Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) ,business.industry ,Public health ,Population ,Obstetrics and Gynecology ,Disease ,Population based study ,03 medical and health sciences ,0302 clinical medicine ,030225 pediatrics ,Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health ,Pandemic ,Emergency medicine ,Obstetrics and Gynaecology ,medicine ,Pediatrics, Perinatology, and Child Health ,General hospital ,business ,education ,030217 neurology & neurosurgery - Abstract
BACKGROUND: The COVID-19 pandemic has decimated non-pandemic hospital admissions worldwide. This population-based study was carried out in order to ascertain whether there were any differences in numbers or characteristics of acute paediatric medical admissions during the first wave of COVID-19 in Malta compared with the corresponding 2019 period. METHODS: Data was collected from Maltas only acute general hospital using health records and computer databases including iSoft Clinical Manager (ICM) and Electronic Case Summaries (ECS). Data was collected for 1/3-9/5/2019 (control period) and the corresponding 2020 period (study period). RESULTS: Acute paediatric medical admissions dropped by 63.5%. Neonates increased by 5.25% (p = 0.001). An increase in child abuse/social paediatric cases (p
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- 2020
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