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1. Changes in pediatric seizure-related emergency department attendances during COVID-19 – A territory-wide observational study

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Ting Gee Annie Chiu, William C.Y. Leung, Qiqi Zhang, Eric H.Y. Lau, Ryan Wui-hang Ho, Hoi-Shan Sophelia Chan, and Richard Shek-kwan Chang

Subjects
COVID19, Epilepsy, Respiratory tract infections, Medical help seek-behaviour, Febrile seizures, Medicine (General), R5-920
Abstract

A territory-wide retrospective observational study was conducted in Hong Kong between January 23 to April 22, 2020 to demonstrate changes in pediatric seizure-related accident and emergency department (A&E) visits during the COVID-19 pandemic. Parallel periods from 2015 to 2019 were used as control.All-cause A&E attendances in all paediatric age groups decreased significantly during the study period. Seizure-related attendances decreased across all pediatric age-groups in 2020 (RR 0.379, 95% CI 0.245–0.588), with a disproportionately large decrease in the 0–6 years age group (RR 0.303, 95% CI 0.174–0.526) compared with the 7–18 years age group (RR 0.534, 95% CI 0.393–0.719). Decrease in RTI-related A&E attendances was also more drastic in the 0–6 age group. The two time trends are congruent in the 0–6 years but not the 7–18 years age group. Such a trend is suggestive of the usefulness of infection control measures in seizure prevention, especially amongst young children.

Published
2021
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2. Changes in pediatric seizure-related emergency department attendances during COVID-19 – A territory-wide observational study

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Eric H. Y. Lau, Ting Gee Annie Chiu, William C.Y. Leung, Richard Shek-kwan Chang, Qiqi Zhang, Hoi Shan Sophelia Chan, and Ryan Wui hang Ho

Subjects
Pediatrics, medicine.medical_specialty, Medicine (General), Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), Adolescent, COVID19, Febrile seizures, Respiratory tract infections, Brief Communication, 03 medical and health sciences, 0302 clinical medicine, R5-920, Seizures, Infection control, Medicine, Humans, Paediatric age, Child, Pandemics, Epilepsy, Time trends, business.industry, SARS-CoV-2, Accident and emergency, Infant, Newborn, COVID-19, Infant, Retrospective cohort study, Emergency department, General Medicine, Medical help seek-behaviour, 030220 oncology & carcinogenesis, Child, Preschool, 030211 gastroenterology & hepatology, Observational study, business, Emergency Service, Hospital
Abstract

A territory-wide retrospective observational study was conducted in Hong Kong between January 23 to April 22, 2020 to demonstrate changes in pediatric seizure-related accident and emergency department (A&E) visits during the COVID-19 pandemic. Parallel periods from 2015 to 2019 were used as control. All-cause A&E attendances in all paediatric age groups decreased significantly during the study period. Seizure-related attendances decreased across all pediatric age-groups in 2020 (RR 0.379, 95% CI 0.245-0.588), with a disproportionately large decrease in the 0-6 years age group (RR 0.303, 95% CI 0.174-0.526) compared with the 7-18 years age group (RR 0.534, 95% CI 0.393-0.719). Decrease in RTI-related A&E attendances was also more drastic in the 0-6 age group. The two time trends are congruent in the 0-6 years but not the 7-18 years age group. Such a trend is suggestive of the usefulness of infection control measures in seizure prevention, especially amongst young children.

Published
2021

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