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cord-330690-cupy89gl	Vierucci, Francesco	How COVID-19 Pandemic Changed Children and Adolescents Use of the Emergency Department: the Experience of a Secondary Care Pediatric Unit in Central Italy	2020-09-23		.txt	text/plain	4321	211	43	During phase 1 (national lockdown period, March 9th-May 3rd, 2020) the Italian Ministry of Health recommended to avoid direct access to the emergency department (ED) in case of fever and/or cough or other respiratory symptoms, favoring home care or phone consultation for ill patients without compromised general conditions [10] . The aims of this study were to (1) evaluate the impact of COVID-19 pandemic on the activity of a secondary care Italian Pediatric Unit assessing, in particular, the characteristics of pediatric ED consultations performed in 2020 before and after the beginning of lockdown; (2) evaluate the prevalence of SARS-CoV-2 infection in children and adolescents referred to ED; and (3) compare pediatric ED activity during the same period of 2019 and 2020.	./cache/cord-330690-cupy89gl.txt	./txt/cord-330690-cupy89gl.txt