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Pediatric hospital demand in COVID-19 times in Perú / Demanda hospitalaria pediátrica en tiempos de COVID-19 en Perú
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ABSTRACT
COVID-19 pandemic in Perú is causing strain on critical care and hospital resources across the nation. As the infection progress into the population we expect a surge in severe cases and on the intensive care unit (ICU) demand. As the peak of the COVID-19 outbreak approaches, the capacity for hospital and ICU beds will probably be exceeded. Despite the low severity of COVID-19 in children, we expect that the projected number of pediatric cases could overwhelm the available pediatric capacity as the outbreak progress in our country. Under a 25% cumulative infection rate scenario, there would be approximately 891 critically ill children requiring ICU admission. We propose several strategies to handle the concerns about shortfalls in our ability to provide pediatric ventilation and critical care support during the epidemic in Perú.
RESUMEN
La pandemia del COVID-19 en el Perú está causando una presión inusual a nuestros recursos hospitalarios y de cuidados críticos. A medida que la infección progresa en la población, esperamos ver un alza en los casos severos y en la demanda de unidad de cuidados intensivos (UCI) donde la capacidad de camas puede ser excedida. A pesar de que usualmente el COVID-19 causa una enfermedad poco grave en los niños, debemos estar preparados para que el numero de casos pediátricos ocasionen una sobrecarga en la capacidad de recursos hospitalarios. En un escenario de un 25% de proporción de infección acumulada en la población, podremos ver aproximadamente 891 niños críticamente enfermos que requieren hospitalización en UCI. Proponemos algunas estrategias para enfrentar la escasez de recursos de cuidados intensivos que permitan asegurar la atención de niños vulnerables con condiciones agudas y condiciones complejas que siguen incidiendo en los tiempos de pandemia.
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South America
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Peru
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English
Year:
2020
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