Recommendations from the Italian Society of Pediatric Orthopaedics and Traumatology for the management of pediatric orthopaedic patients during the COVID19 pandemic and post-pandemic period in Italy

Italian Journal of Pediatrics

Pasquale Farsetti¹  Elena Panuccio²  Antonio Memeo²  Cosimo Gigante³  Carlo Enrico Origo⁴  Daniela Dibello⁵  Pasquale Guida⁶  Nando De Sanctis⁷  Lorenza Marengo⁸  Renato Maria Toniolo⁹  Fabio Verdoni^1,10  Giovanni Trisolino^1,11 

[1] Department of Orthopaedics Surgery, University of Rome “Tor Vergata”, Rome, Italy;Department of Paediatric Orthopaedics and Traumatology, Centro Specialistico Ortopedico Traumatologico Gaetano Pini-CTO, P.zza A. Ferrari 1, 20122, Milan, Italy;Department of Woman and Child Health, Pediatric Orthopaedic Unit, Padua General Hospital, Padua, Italy;Orthopaedics and Traumatology Unit, Cesare Arrigo Children’s Hospital, Alessandria, Italy;Unit of Pediatric Orthopaedics and Traumatology Giovanni XXIII Children’s Hospital, University of Bari, Bari, Italy;Unit of Pediatric Orthopaedics and Traumatology, Azienda Ospedaliera di Rilievo Nazionale Santobono Pausillipon, Naples, Italy;Unit of Pediatric Orthopaedics and Traumatology, Campolongo Hospital, Marina di, Eboli, SA, Italy;Unit of Pediatric Orthopaedics and Traumatology, I.R.C.C.S. Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Genoa, Italy;Unit of Pediatric Orthopaedics and Traumatology, IRCCS Bambino Gesù Paediatric Hospital, Rome, Italy;Unit of Pediatric Orthopaedics and Traumatology, IRCCS Istituto Galeazzi, Milan, Italy;Unit of Pediatric Orthopaedics and Traumatology, IRCCS Istituto Ortopedico Rizzoli, Via Pupilli 1, 40136, Bologna, Italy;

关键词: COVID-19;    SARS-Cov-2;    Pediatric Orthopaedics;    Recommendations;   

DOI  :  10.1186/s13052-020-00911-7

来源: Springer

【 摘 要 】

The rapid spread of the COVID-19 outbreak in Italy has dramatically impacted the National Healthcare System, causing the sudden congestion of hospitals, especially in Northern Italy, thus imposing drastic restriction of almost all routine medical care. This exceptional adaptation of the Italian National Healthcare System has also been felt by non-frontline settings such as Pediatric Orthopaedic Units, where the limitation or temporary suspension of most routine care activities met with a need to maintain continuity of care and avoid secondary issues due to the delay or suspension of the routine clinical practice. The Italian Society of Pediatric Orthopaedics and Traumatology formulated general and specific recommendations to face the COVID-19 outbreak, aiming to provide essential care for children needing orthopaedic treatments during the pandemic and early post-peak period, ensure safety of children, caregivers and healthcare providers and limit the spread of contagion.

【 授权许可】

CC BY