Delayed access or provision of care in Italy resulting from fear of COVID-19

doi:10.1016/S2352-4642(20)30108-5

. 2020 May;4(5):e10-e11.

doi: 10.1016/S2352-4642(20)30108-5. Epub 2020 Apr 9.

Delayed access or provision of care in Italy resulting from fear of COVID-19

Marzia Lazzerini¹, Egidio Barbi², Andrea Apicella³, Federico Marchetti⁴, Fabio Cardinale⁵, Gianluca Trobia⁶

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¹ Institute for Maternal and Child Health Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico Burlo Garofolo, Trieste, Italy. Electronic address: marzia.lazzerini@burlo.trieste.it.
² Institute for Maternal and Child Health Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico Burlo Garofolo, Trieste, Italy; Department of Medicine, Surgery and Health Science, Department of Pediatrics, University of Trieste, Trieste, Italy.
³ Azienda Ospedaliera di Rilievo Nazionale Santobono Pausillipon, Napoli, Italy.
⁴ Department of Pediatrics, Santa Maria delle Croci Hospital, Azienda Unità Sanitaria Locale della Romagna, Ravenna, Italy.
⁵ Department of Pediatrics, Emergency Unit Regional Hospital "Giovanni XXIII", Bari, Italy.
⁶ Azienda Ospedaliera per l'Emergenza Cannizzaro, Catania, Italy.

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PMCID: PMC7146704
DOI: 10.1016/S2352-4642(20)30108-5

Delayed access or provision of care in Italy resulting from fear of COVID-19

Marzia Lazzerini et al. Lancet Child Adolesc Health. 2020 May.

. 2020 May;4(5):e10-e11.

doi: 10.1016/S2352-4642(20)30108-5. Epub 2020 Apr 9.

Authors

Marzia Lazzerini¹, Egidio Barbi², Andrea Apicella³, Federico Marchetti⁴, Fabio Cardinale⁵, Gianluca Trobia⁶

Affiliations

¹ Institute for Maternal and Child Health Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico Burlo Garofolo, Trieste, Italy. Electronic address: marzia.lazzerini@burlo.trieste.it.
² Institute for Maternal and Child Health Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico Burlo Garofolo, Trieste, Italy; Department of Medicine, Surgery and Health Science, Department of Pediatrics, University of Trieste, Trieste, Italy.
³ Azienda Ospedaliera di Rilievo Nazionale Santobono Pausillipon, Napoli, Italy.
⁴ Department of Pediatrics, Santa Maria delle Croci Hospital, Azienda Unità Sanitaria Locale della Romagna, Ravenna, Italy.
⁵ Department of Pediatrics, Emergency Unit Regional Hospital "Giovanni XXIII", Bari, Italy.
⁶ Azienda Ospedaliera per l'Emergenza Cannizzaro, Catania, Italy.

PMID: 32278365
PMCID: PMC7146704
DOI: 10.1016/S2352-4642(20)30108-5

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Visits to paediatric emergency departments across five hospitals in Italy, March 1–27, 2020, compared with the same period in 2018 and 2019 Data are official hospital statistics (courtesy of the authors).

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[1] Istituto Superiore di Sanità Epidemia COVID-19. April 2, 2020. https://www.epicentro.iss.it/coronavirus/bollettino/Bollettino-sorveglia...

[2] Istituto Superiore di Sanità Epidemia COVID-19. April 2, 2020. https://www.epicentro.iss.it/coronavirus/bollettino/Bollettino-sorveglia...

[3] Dong Y, Mo X, Hu Y. Epidemiological characteristics of 2143 pediatric patients with 2019 coronavirus disease in China. Pediatrics. 2020 doi: 10.1542/peds.2020-0702. published online March 16. - DOI

[4] Dong Y, Mo X, Hu Y. Epidemiological characteristics of 2143 pediatric patients with 2019 coronavirus disease in China. Pediatrics. 2020 doi: 10.1542/peds.2020-0702. published online March 16. - DOI

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[8] Sokol DK. Virulent epidemics and scope of healthcare workers' duty of care. Emerg Infect Dis. 2006;12:1238–1241. - PMC - PubMed

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[10] Voo TC, Capps B. Influenza pandemic and the duties of healthcare professionals. Singapore Med J. 2010;51:275–281. - PubMed

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