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Where have the children with epilepsy gone? An observational study of seizure-related accesses to emergency department at the time of COVID-19

Authors :
Arianna Terrinoni
Benedetto Vitiello
Caterina Lux
Dario Calderoni
Federica Di Santo
Chiara Davico
Antonio Francesco Urbino
Federica Ricci
Roberta Vittorini
Mauro Ferrara
Federico Amianto
Daniele Marcotulli
Source :
Seizure
Publication Year :
2020
Publisher :
Elsevier BV, 2020.

Abstract

Purpose The COVID-19 pandemic and related lockdown measures drastically changed health care and emergency services utilization. This study evaluated trends in emergency department (ED) access for seizure-related reasons in the first 8 weeks of lockdown in Italy. Methods All ED accesses of children (

Details

ISSN :
10591311
Volume :
83
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
Seizure
Accession number :
edsair.doi.dedup.....35140d55e3458eb685463eeaacc3e372
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.seizure.2020.09.025