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<journal-id>1688-1249</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Archivos de Pediatría del Uruguay]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Arch. Pediatr. Urug.]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>1688-1249</issn>
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<publisher-name><![CDATA[Sociedad Uruguaya de Pediatría]]></publisher-name>
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<article-id>S1688-12492022000301219</article-id>
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<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Repercusión de la pandemia por SARS-CoV-2 sobre las consultas en los Servicios de Emergencia Pediátrica en Uruguay]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Consequences of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic on the Pediatric Emergency Services in Uruguay]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="pt"><![CDATA[Repercussão da pandemia de SARS-CoV-2 nas consultas nos Serviços de Emergência Pediátrica do Uruguai]]></article-title>
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<surname><![CDATA[Más]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Mariana]]></given-names>
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<surname><![CDATA[Tórtora]]></surname>
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<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Amarillo]]></surname>
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<surname><![CDATA[Osta]]></surname>
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<surname><![CDATA[Noya]]></surname>
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<surname><![CDATA[Dall´Orso]]></surname>
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<surname><![CDATA[Prego]]></surname>
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<surname><![CDATA[Páez]]></surname>
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<surname><![CDATA[Invernizzi]]></surname>
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<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Venturino]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Sergio]]></given-names>
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<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Canziani]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Catalina]]></given-names>
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<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Venturino]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Claudia]]></given-names>
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<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Gíbara]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Silvia]]></given-names>
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<name>
<surname><![CDATA[García]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Virginia]]></given-names>
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<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Siniestro]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Jimena]]></given-names>
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<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Meneses]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Gabriel]]></given-names>
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<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Gamino]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Paula]]></given-names>
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<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Castellanos]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Florencia]]></given-names>
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<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Menta]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Loredana]]></given-names>
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<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Lafon]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Gabriela]]></given-names>
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<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Da Silva]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Esteban]]></given-names>
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<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Lemos]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Isis]]></given-names>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Rodríguez]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Luciana]]></given-names>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[García]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Lucila]]></given-names>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[de la Hoz]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Florencia]]></given-names>
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<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Olmedo]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Yaqueline]]></given-names>
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<name>
<surname><![CDATA[León]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Dyron]]></given-names>
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<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Steinfeld]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Pablo]]></given-names>
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<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Adaime]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Verónica]]></given-names>
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<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Ferrari]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Verónica]]></given-names>
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<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Arriola]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Nadia]]></given-names>
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<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Zooby]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Marcelo]]></given-names>
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<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Falcao]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Gimena]]></given-names>
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<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Pérez]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Mariana]]></given-names>
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<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Cabrera]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Ana]]></given-names>
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<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Alsina]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Susana]]></given-names>
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<institution><![CDATA[,UDELAR Facultad de Medicina Emergencia Pediátrica]]></institution>
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<country>Uruguay</country>
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<institution><![CDATA[,CHPR Emergencia Pediátrica ]]></institution>
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<institution><![CDATA[,ASSE Hospital de Artigas ]]></institution>
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<institution><![CDATA[,SMQS Servicio Pediatría ]]></institution>
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<institution><![CDATA[,UDELAR Facultad de Medicina Clínica Pediátrica]]></institution>
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<institution><![CDATA[,ASSE Hospital Paysandú Dpto. Pediatría y Neonatología]]></institution>
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<institution><![CDATA[,COMEPA Servicio Pediatría ]]></institution>
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<institution><![CDATA[,COMEPA Servicio Pediatría ]]></institution>
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<institution><![CDATA[,ASSE Hospital de Mercedes ]]></institution>
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<institution><![CDATA[,CAMEC Pediatría ]]></institution>
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<institution><![CDATA[,CAMEC  ]]></institution>
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<institution><![CDATA[,ASSE Hospital de Carmelo ]]></institution>
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<institution><![CDATA[,COMTA  ]]></institution>
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<aff id="A16">
<institution><![CDATA[,CAMEDUR Servicio Pediatría ]]></institution>
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<aff id="A17">
<institution><![CDATA[,ASSE Hospital de Las Piedras Pediatría]]></institution>
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<aff id="A18">
<institution><![CDATA[,ASSE Centro Auxiliar Pando Pediatría]]></institution>
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<institution><![CDATA[,ASSE Centro Auxiliar Pando ]]></institution>
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<institution><![CDATA[,CAAMEPA  ]]></institution>
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<institution><![CDATA[,CAAMEPA Pediatría ]]></institution>
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<institution><![CDATA[,ASSE Centro Hospitalario de Maldonado y San Carlos Servicio Pediatría]]></institution>
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<institution><![CDATA[,ASSE Centro Hospitalario de Maldonado y San Carlos Pediatría]]></institution>
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<institution><![CDATA[,Sanatorio Mautone  ]]></institution>
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<institution><![CDATA[,Hospital Policial Pediatría ]]></institution>
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<institution><![CDATA[,Hospital Británico  ]]></institution>
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<institution><![CDATA[,Sanatorio Americano Pediatría ]]></institution>
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<institution><![CDATA[,COSEM Pediatría ]]></institution>
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<institution><![CDATA[,SMI  ]]></institution>
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<institution><![CDATA[,Universal  ]]></institution>
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<institution><![CDATA[,UDELAR  ]]></institution>
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<country>Uruguay</country>
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<pub-date pub-type="pub">
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<month>00</month>
<year>2022</year>
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<day>00</day>
<month>00</month>
<year>2022</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>93</volume>
<numero>nspe1</numero>
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<self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.edu.uy/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S1688-12492022000301219&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.edu.uy/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S1688-12492022000301219&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.edu.uy/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S1688-12492022000301219&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[Resumen: En marzo de 2020 se confirma el primer caso de enfermedad por coronavirus en Uruguay, recomendándose un confinamiento social. La atención sanitaria se redujo a servicios de urgencia y emergencia (SE).  Objetivo:  analizar las características de las consultas pediátricas en los SE del subsector público y privado en Uruguay, durante los primeros 4 meses de la pandemia por SARS-CoV-2.  Metodología:  estudio descriptivo, retrospectivo, multicéntrico.  Resultados:  participaron 23 SE de todas las regiones del país. Período 1 prepandemia: 14/03/19-29.07.19, período 2: 14/03/20-29/07/20 Consultas: período 1 n=121.116, período 2 n=33.099 (desciende 73%). Hospitalizaciones desde el SE: período 1 n= .6649 (tasa 5,5%). Período 2: n=2.948 (tasa 9,5%). Diagnósticos período 1: infección respiratoria aguda (IRA) alta 39.892 (33%), IRA baja 86.56 (7%), trauma menor 8.651 (7%), gastroenteritis 8.044 (6,6%), crisis asmática/CBO 7.974 (6,5%), lesiones 4.389 (3,6%), dolor abdominal 3.528 (3%), problemas de salud mental 859 (0,7%), convulsiones 758 (0,7%), patología social 678 (0,5%). Diagnósticos 2020: IRA alta 5.168 (16%), trauma menor 2.759 (8%), lesiones 2.652 (8%), dolor abdominal 1.494 (4,5%), gastroenteritis 1.296 (4%), asma/CBO 1.095 (3,3%), IRA baja 700 (2,1%), patología social 522 (1,6%), problemas de salud mental 471 (1,4%), convulsiones 408 (1,2%).  Conclusiones:  en los primeros meses de la pandemia hubo una reducción sostenida y significativo de consultas pediátricas en los SE. No hubo aumento en frecuencia absoluta de ninguno de los diagnósticos. Se registró un descenso histórico de las IRA bajas y las hospitalizaciones por esta causa en todo el país. Mantener una vigilancia de las consultas en los SE permitiría identificar e intervenir oportunamente si se produjeran cambios o situaciones de riesgo hasta el momento no detectadas.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[Summary: In March 2020 the first case of coronavirus disease was confirmed in Uruguay, and lockdown was recommended. Health care services were reduced to Urgency and Emergency Services (ES).  Objectives: to analyze the epidemiological characteristics of pediatric visits to the ES of the public and private subsector in Uruguay, during the first 4 months of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic.  Methods: descriptive, retrospective.  Results: 23 institutions participated. 2 periods were considered: 1) pre-pandemic, 03/14/19 to 07/29/19, 2) 03/14/20 to 07/29/20. Visits: period 1: n=121,116 (&lt; 15 years), period 2: n=33.099 (73% decrease). Hospital admissions: period 1: n=6,649 (rate 5.5). Period 2: n=2.948 (rate 9,5). Diagnoses period 1: High acute respiratory infection 39,892 (33%), low acute respiratory infection 8,656 (7%), minor trauma 8,651 (7%), gastroenteritis 8,044 (6,6%), asthmatic crisis/CBO 7.974 (6,5%), injuries 4,389 (3,6%), abdominal pain (3,528) 3%, mental health problems 859 (0.7%), seizures 758 (0.7%), social pathology 678 (0.5% ). 2020 diagnoses: high acute respiratory infection 5.168 (16%), minor trauma 2,759 (8%), injuries 2,652 (8%), abdominal pain 1,494 (4.5%), gastroenteritis 1,296 (4%), asthma/CBO 1,095 (3,3%), low acute respiratory infection 700 (2,1%), social pathology 522 (1,6%), mental health problems 471 (1,4%), seizures 408 (1,2%).  Conclusions: in the first months of the pandemic there was a sustained and significant reduction in pediatric consultations in ES. There was no increase in absolute frequency of any of the diagnoses. There was a historical decrease in low respiratory infections and hospitalizations due to this cause in the whole country. Maintaining a surveillance of the visits in the ES would enable practitioners to identify and take action in case of changes or previously undetected risk situations.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="pt"><p><![CDATA[Resumo: Em março de 2020, foi confirmado o primeiro caso de doença por coronavírus no Uruguai, recomendando o confinamento. A assistência à saúde foi reduzida a serviços de urgência e emergência (SE).  Objetivo: analisar as características das consultas pediátricas no SE do subsetor público e privado no Uruguai, durante os primeiros 4 meses da pandemia de SARS-CoV-2.  Metodologia: estudo descritivo, retrospectivo, multicêntrico.  Resultados: participaram 23 SEs de todas as regiões do país. Período pré-pandemia 1: 14/03/19-29/07/19, período 2: 14/03/20-29/07/20 Consultas: período 1 n=121.116, período 2 n=33.099 (redução de 73%) . Internações da SE: período 1 n= 0,6649 (taxa 5,5%). Período 2: n=2.948 (taxa de 9,5%). Diagnósticos do período 1: infecção respiratória aguda alta (IRA) 39.892 (33%), LRA baixa 86,56 (7%), trauma menor 8.651 (7%), gastroenterite 8.044 (6,6%), crise asmática/CBO 7.974 (6, 5% ), lesões 4.389 (3,6%), dor abdominal 3.528 (3%), problemas de saúde mental 859 (0,7%), convulsões 758 (0,7%), patologia social 678 (0,5%). Diagnósticos 2020: IRA alta 5.168 (16%), trauma leve 2.759 (8%), lesões 2.652 (8%), dor abdominal 1.494 (4,5%), gastroenterite 1.296 (4%), asma/CBO 1.095 (3, 3%), IRA baixa 700 (2,1%), patologia social 522 (1,6%), problemas de saúde mental 471 (1,4%), convulsões 408 (1,2%).  Conclusões: nos primeiros meses da pandemia houve uma redução sustentada e significativa das consultas pediátricas no SE. Não houve aumento na frequência absoluta de nenhum dos diagnósticos. Foi registrado um decréscimo histórico de IRAs baixas e internações por essa causa em todo o país. A manutenção de uma vigilância das consultas no SE permitiria identificar e intervir atempadamente nos casos de alterações ou situações de risco que até agora não tinham sido detectadas.]]></p></abstract>
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