ejm Ege Tıp Dergisi 1016-9113 2147-6500 Ege University Pediatric Infectious Diseases Çocuk Bulaşıcı Hastalıkları The impact of COVID-19 pandemic on patients followed up on the pediatric infectious diseases ward COVID-19 pandemisinin pediatrik enfeksiyon hastalıkları servisinde izlenen hastalar üzerindeki etkisi https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4052-1217 Bahçeci Nezihe Bilge Aydın Adnan Menderes Üniversitesi, Tıp Fakültesi, Dahili Tıp Bilimleri, Çocuk Sağlığı ve Hastalıkları Anabilim Dalı, Çocuk Enfeksiyon Hastalıkları Bilim Dalı https://orcid.org/0009-0004-9738-1029 Alyörük Merve AYDIN ADNAN MENDERES ÜNİVERSİTESİ, TIP FAKÜLTESİ, DAHİLİ TIP BİLİMLERİ BÖLÜMÜ, ÇOCUK SAĞLIĞI VE HASTALIKLARI ANABİLİM DALI https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5252-8688 Somuncu Eda AYDIN ADNAN MENDERES ÜNİVERSİTESİ, TIP FAKÜLTESİ, DAHİLİ TIP BİLİMLERİ BÖLÜMÜ, ÇOCUK SAĞLIĞI VE HASTALIKLARI ANABİLİM DALI, ENFEKSİYON HASTALIKLARI BİLİM DALI https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4408-1426 İlhan Derya AYDIN ADNAN MENDERES ÜNİVERSİTESİ, TIP FAKÜLTESİ, DAHİLİ TIP BİLİMLERİ BÖLÜMÜ, ÇOCUK SAĞLIĞI VE HASTALIKLARI ANABİLİM DALI, ENFEKSİYON HASTALIKLARI BİLİM DALI https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9952-5656 Öztürk Sercan AYDIN ADNAN MENDERES ÜNİVERSİTESİ, TIP FAKÜLTESİ, DAHİLİ TIP BİLİMLERİ BÖLÜMÜ, ÇOCUK SAĞLIĞI VE HASTALIKLARI ANABİLİM DALI https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3508-3531 Çağlar İlknur AYDIN ADNAN MENDERES ÜNİVERSİTESİ, TIP FAKÜLTESİ, DAHİLİ TIP BİLİMLERİ BÖLÜMÜ, ÇOCUK SAĞLIĞI VE HASTALIKLARI ANABİLİM DALI, ENFEKSİYON HASTALIKLARI BİLİM DALI https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8129-6063 Kara Soner Sertan AYDIN ADNAN MENDERES ÜNİVERSİTESİ, TIP FAKÜLTESİ, DAHİLİ TIP BİLİMLERİ BÖLÜMÜ, ÇOCUK SAĞLIĞI VE HASTALIKLARI ANABİLİM DALI, ENFEKSİYON HASTALIKLARI BİLİM DALI 12 08 2025 64 4 621 629 06 24 2025 07 24 2025 Copyright © 1962, Ege Journal of Medicine 1962 Ege Journal of Medicine

Aim: This study aims to evaluate the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on hospitalization rates, patient characteristics, and treatment practices in a pediatric infectious diseases outpatient clinic by comparing the pre-pandemic, pandemic, and post-pandemic periods.Materials and Methods: The hospitalization rates of patients who presented to the Pediatric Infectious Diseases outpatient clinic at Aydın Adnan Menderes University Hospital between July 1, 2018, and October 1, 2023, as well as the data of those who were hospitalized, were retrospectively compared and analyzed across the pre-pandemic (Pr-P), pandemic (PP), and post-pandemic (Po-P) periods.Results: The numbers of patients admitted to the PID outpatient clinic in Pr-P, PP, and Po-P were 10,906, 6,396 and 15835, respectively. The proportion of hospitalized patients was higher in PP, at 7.8%, compared to the other periods (p

Amaç: Bu çalışma, COVID-19 pandemisinin pediatrik enfeksiyon hastalıkları polikliniğinden hastaneye yatış oranları, hasta özellikleri ve tedavi uygulamaları üzerindeki etkisini; pandemi öncesi, pandemi ve pandemi sonrası dönemlerini karşılaştırarak değerlendirmeyi amaçlamaktadır.Gereç ve Yöntem: Aydın Adnan Menderes Üniversitesi Hastanesi Çocuk enfeksiyon hastalıkları polikliniğine 1 Temmuz 2018- 1 Ekim 2023 tarihleri arasında ayaktan başvuran hastaların yatış oranları ve hastaneye yatırılan hastaların verileri pandemi önesi dönem (Pr-P), pandemi dönemi (PP) ve pandemi sonrası dönem (Po-P) olarak retrospektif karşılaştırılmış ve analiz edilmiştir.Bulgular: Pediatrik enfeksiyon hastalıkları polikliniğine başvuran toplam hasta sayıları Pr-P, PP ve Po-P dönemlerinde sırasıyla 10.906, 6.396 ve 15.835 olarak kaydedilmiştir. Hastaneye yatırılan hasta oranı, %7,8 ile pandemi döneminde diğer dönemlere göre anlamlı olarak daha yüksekti (p

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