Alert in hospitals for a wave of bronchiolitis, the little ones are affected
Increase in cases recorded earlier than usual, pediatric intensive care units are at risk of collapsePer restare aggiornato entra nel nostro canale Whatsapp
In Spain , hospitals are experiencing a sharp increase in cases of bronchiolitis , the respiratory viral inflammation that affects children .
The Spanish Society of Pediatric Emergency Departments (SEUP) has reported the consequent difficulties in managing hospitalizations and the presence of emergency units with the increase in hospitalizations already 40% higher than pre-pandemic levels in this period of the year.
The main concern of specialists is given by the fact that in 2022 the wave of cases is registered about 20-25 days earlier than the average and the risk is that the pediatric intensive care units will collapse with the increase in infections.
" Contingency plans are needed to cushion the effects of health care delays ," read a SEUP statement. The anticipated peak of cases would also be caused - add the pediatricians - by the absence of circulation of the virus in the last two years, during the pandemic, and the low immunization rate among children born in this period.
(Unioneonline/vf)