EPIDEMIOLOGICAL AVALIATION CASES OF BRONCHIOLITIS IN PRE AND POST PANDEMIC ERA IN HC OF BOTUCATU

• Grant number: 23/00389-7
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Scientific Initiation
• Start date: June 01, 2023
• End date: May 31, 2026
• Field of knowledge: Health Sciences - Medicine - Medical Clinics
• Principal Investigator: Joelma Gonçalves Martin
• Grantee: Mateus Mendes Soares Fornereto
• Host Institution: Faculdade de Medicina (FMB). Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP). Campus de Botucatu. Botucatu , SP, Brazil

Abstract

Acute Viral Bronchiolitis is a viral disease that affects children up to 2 years of age and is most commonly found in young infants, being usually more severe in infants between 2 and 5 months of age. It can be caused by various viral agents, the most common being RSV (Respiratory Syncytial Virus). Despite being a disease of variable severity, with a predominance of mild cases, it is marked by great morbidity, being the main cause of infant hospitalization during the first year of life. There are no specific treatments for the disease, and the most common assistance for this disease is: providing oxygen to the infant, cleaning the airways, hydration, breastfeeding and supportive medication. Although not recommended, the administration of medications such as antibiotics and bronchodilators is frequent.At the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, health agencies and the federal government established distancing and isolation rules which, in addition to preventing the spread of the SARS-Cov-2 virus, were also responsible for reducing cases of bronchiolitis, leading to epidemiological and even therapeutic changes in this disease in question. However, with greater flexibility in isolation and the large increase in agglomerations in the post-vaccination period, it is necessary to analyze whether there will be a change in this epidemiological scenario with a possible increase in the number of cases and the severity of these registered in the Pediatric Emergency Room of Clinical Hospital of Botucatu School Medicine.