Cambios a partir de la COVID-19una perspectiva desde la pediatría interna hospitalaria
- Pedro J.Alcalá Minagorre
- Enrique Villalobos Pinto
- José Miguel Ramos Fernández
- Rosa Rodríguez-Fernández
- Miguel Vázquez Ronco
- Luis Escosa-García
- Juan Ignacio Montiano Jorge
- Juan José García García
ISSN: 1695-4033, 1696-4608
Year of publication: 2020
Volume: 93
Issue: 5
Pages: 343-343
Type: Article
More publications in: Anales de Pediatría: Publicación Oficial de la Asociación Española de Pediatría ( AEP )
Abstract
SARS-CoV-2 pandemic dimension has affected the Hospital Pediatrics Medicine assistance in our country. New challenges generated by COVID-19 require a series of proactive measures, based on existing scientific knowledge and standards of good practice, that allow the Pediatric Hospital services readiness and operability. Hospital Internal Pediatrics, as responsible of integral care of the hospitalized child, plays a leading role in the new hospital model emerging from this crisis. This review analyzes the impact of the current SARS-CoV-2 epidemic on pediatric care, and perspective of new COVID-19 outbreaks in coexistence with other viral infections. Changes secondary to pandemic involved in Hospital Pediatric units, how to prepare for future epidemics, also the involvement of pediatric units in adult care and the possible opportunities for improvement need to be revised. Assistance of patients with chronic complex conditions in epidemic circumstances, safety aspects, opportunities for teaching and ethical considerations are reviewed. The Spanish Society of Hospital Pediatrics Medicine offers with this article a series of resources for Internal Pediatric Medicine practitioners responsible to face next challenges in pediatric hospitalization units.