Fall of Community-Acquired Pneumonia in Children following COVID-19 Non-Pharmaceutical Interventions: A Time Series Analysis.

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Title
Fall of Community-Acquired Pneumonia in Children following COVID-19 Non-Pharmaceutical Interventions: A Time Series Analysis.
Journal
Pathogens
Author(s)
Rybak A., Yang D.D., Schrimpf C., Guedj R., Levy C., Cohen R., Gajdos V., Tort J., Skurnik D., Ouldali N., Angoulvant F.
ISSN
2076-0817 (Print)
ISSN-L
2076-0817
Publication state
Published
Issued date
24/10/2021
Peer-reviewed
Oui
Volume
10
Number
11
Language
english
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Publication types: Journal Article
Publication Status: epublish
Abstract
Non-pharmaceutical interventions (NPIs) were implemented to reduce the spread of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). A first national lockdown was decided in France on the 17 March 2020. These measures had an impact on other viral and non-viral infectious diseases. We aimed to assess this impact on community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) in children. We performed a quasi-experimental interrupted time series analysis. We used data from a French prospective surveillance system of six pediatric emergency departments (PEDs). All visits from 1 January 2017 to 31 December 2020 were included. Pre-intervention period was before 17 March 2020 and post-intervention period was after 18 March 2020. We estimated the impact on the weekly number of visits for CAP and CAP admission using quasi-Poisson regression modeling. A total of 981,782 PEDs visits were analyzed; among them, 8318 visits were associated with CAP, and 1774 of these were followed by a hospital admission. A major decrease was observed for CAP visits (-79.7% 95% CI [-84.3; -73.8]; p < 0.0001), and CAP admission (-71.3% 95 CI [-78.8; -61.1]; p < 0.0001). We observed a dramatic decrease of CAP in children following NPIs implementation. Further studies are required to assess the long-term impact of these measures.
Keywords
COVID-19, children, community-acquired pneumonia, mitigation measures, non-pharmaceutical interventions, time series analysis
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