Arthur, F;
Harwood, R;
Allin, B;
Bethell, GS;
Boam, T;
Chhabra, S;
Eastwood, MP;
... Tullie, LGC; + view all
(2021)
Lockdown during the COVID-19 pandemic: impact on infants with pyloric stenosis.
Archives of Disease in Childhood
, 106
(8)
, Article e32. 10.1136/archdischild-2020-320544.
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Abstract
The COVID-19 pandemic has posed challenges for the delivery of healthcare for infants with disruption to 6-week health checks and health visitor services.1 An area of particular concern is late presentation to the hospital.2 However, current data do not offer an objective picture of how significant a problem this may be, with other reports showing low rates of delays in presentation.3 Infantile hypertrophic pyloric stenosis (IHPS) is a common, non-infective infantile condition with a predictable clinical course and therefore a good indicator condition to assess for delays in presentation. We aimed to assess whether infants with IHPS presented later during ‘lockdown’ compared with the same period the preceding year.
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