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Covid, sentinel hospitals: “The curve of pediatric patients is rising and the reduction in adult admissions slows down”

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Covid, sentinel hospitals: “The curve of pediatric patients is rising and the reduction in adult admissions slows down”

The curve of pediatric patients goes up and slows down the reduction of that of adults. These are the data of the Italian Federation of Italian hospital companies which informs that after more than a month of decline, the number of under-18s hospitalized in Covid areas rises again: in the week of 8-15 March, the young patients admitted to the four pediatric hospitals and to the pediatric wards of the sentinel hospitals that adhere to the Fiaso network grew by 48%. “The schools are all open and children represent the least vaccinated category of the population ever – explains the president of Fiaso Giovanni Migliore – it is clear that with this still intense and the presence of Omicron 2 the virus affects the least vaccinated subjects “.

Fiaso also analyzed the presence or absence of respiratory and pulmonary symptoms typical of Covid among the young patients in the hospital. Applying the distinction between hospitalized “For Covid” and hospitalized “With Covid” it is possible to note how the children hospitalized with Covid, or patients being treated for other diseases found positive for the virus, more than doubled in one week. The number of hospitalized “For Covid”, on the other hand, continue to slowly decrease. The 48% increase therefore focuses exclusively on patients incidentally positive for swaband therefore isolated in Covid wards, but which require different treatments and therapies in the hospital.

“48% of small hospitalized patients – adds Migliore – in fact, is between 0 and 4 years old and therefore cannot be vaccinated. The data on vaccinations of parents of newborns is still of concern: 46% of very young patients between 0 and 6 months ended up in hospital have both parents no vax and another 8% one parent vaccinated and the other not. More than half of hospitalized infants have no protection from the virus even from family members who take care of them “.

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The hospitalization curve falls even more but much more slowly: in one week the number of patients hospitalized in Covid areas fell by 5.2%. In the ordinary wards the decrease was 5% while in the intensive care units the share fell by 7.5%. Admissions, down since February 1st, had recorded a drop of 16% last week according to Fiaso data. In the past seven days, however, they are reflected the effects of the rise in the contagion curve on hospitalizations. In fact, among patients in hospital, there is a slight increase of 2% in hospitalized “With Covid” in ordinary wards.

These are patients who arrived at the hospital to treat other diseases and were found to be positive for the virus by accident thanks to the pre-admission swab. “We record a small increase in hospitalized with Covid, patients being treated for other diseases but positive for the virus, while the number of patients in the hospital for Covid continues to decline, that is, with respiratory and pulmonary symptoms. This means that there is still an intense circulation of the virus but, thanks to vaccination, the phenomenon of circulation is divergent from that of hospitalization For Covid: the likelihood of having lung disease after getting infected has now dropped significantly“, Declares the president of Fiaso, Giovanni Migliore. “It is still necessary to exercise the utmost caution and continue to take precautions, especially for superfragile individuals”. In the intensive the reduction in one week was 7.5%. Three out of four patients in resuscitation are hospitalized “For Covid” with severe respiratory symptoms: 83% are not vaccinated or have not yet received the third dose. It confirms how vaccination is crucial in preventing entry into intensive care and serious complications of the disease“.

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