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Changing admission patterns in paediatric emergency departments during the COVID-19 pandemic
  1. Andrea Scaramuzza1,
  2. Francesco Tagliaferri2,
  3. Lorenza Bonetti1,
  4. Martina Soliani1,
  5. Francesco Morotti2,
  6. Simonetta Bellone2,
  7. Claudio Cavalli1,
  8. Ivana Rabbone2
  1. 1 Pediatrics, Azienda Socio Sanitaria Territoriale di Cremona, Cremona, Italy
  2. 2 Pediatrics, University of Piemonte Orientale, Novara, Italy
  1. Correspondence to Dr Andrea Scaramuzza, Pediatrics, Azienda Socio Sanitaria Territoriale di Cremona, 26100 Cremona, Italy; a.scaramuzza{at}gmail.com

https://doi.org/10.1136/archdischild-2020-319397

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    • Contributors AS and IR were responsible for the study design. All authors were responsible to conduct the study and data collection. IR and AS ran the data analysis and interpreted data. IR and AS wrote the manuscript and all authors read the paper and contributed to discussion.

    • Funding The authors have not declared a specific grant for this research from any funding agency in the public, commercial or not-for-profit sectors.

    • Competing interests None declared.

    • Patient consent for publication Not required.

    • Provenance and peer review Not commissioned; internally peer reviewed.

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