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Consensus statement of the Italian society of pediatric allergy and immunology for the pragmatic management of children and adolescents with allergic or immunological diseases during the COVID-19 pandemic

2020; BioMed Central; Volume: 46; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1186/s13052-020-00843-2

1824-7288

Fabio Cardinale, Giorgio Ciprandi, Salvatore Barberi, Roberto Bernardini, Carlo Caffarelli, Mauro Calvani, Giovanni Cavagni, Elena Galli, Domenico Minasi, Michele Miraglia del Giudice, Viviana Moschese, Elio Novembre, Francesco Paravati, Diego Peroni, Maria Angela Tosca, Giovanni Traina, Salvatore Tripodi, Gian Luigi Marseglia, Doriana Amato, Caterina Anania, Elisa Anastasio, Rachele Antignani, Stefania Arasi, Baldassarre Martire, Ermanno Baldo, Andrea Barbalace, Simona Barni, Federica Betti, Annamaria Bianchi, Ezio Bolzacchini, Maira Bonini, Paolo Bottau, Sara Bozzetto, Maria Antonia Brighetti, Davide Caimmi, Silvia Caimmi, Luigi Calzone, Caterina Cancrini, Lucia Caminiti, Giulia Capata, Lucetta Capra, Carlo Capristo, E. Carboni, F. Carella, Riccardo Castagnoli, Elena Chiappini, Fernanda Chiera, Iolanda Chinellato, L Chini, Francesca Cipriani, Flavio Civitelli, Pasquale Comberiati, Daniele Contini, S Corrente, Claudio Cravidi, Giuseppe Crisafulli, Barbara Cuomo, Enza D’Auria, Sofia D’Elios, Fabio Decimo, Auro Della Giustina, R Piane, Maria De Filippo, Valentina De Vittori, Lucia Diaferio, Maria Di Cicco, Dora Di Mauro, Marzia Duse, Silvia Federici, Giuseppe Felice, Maria Grazia Fenu, Giuliana Ferrante, Tiziana Foti, Fabrizio Franceschini, Daniele Giovanni Ghiglioni, Giuliana Giardino, Mattia Giovannini, Giovanni Cosimo Indirli, Cristiana Indolfi, Massimo Landi, Francesco La Torre, Lucia Maddalena Leone, Amelia Licari, Lucia Liotti, Vassilios Lougaris, Nunzia Maiello, Paride Mantecca, Sara Manti, Marco Mariani, Alberto M. Martelli, Carla Mastrorilli, Violetta Mastrorilli, Davide Montin, Francesca Mori, Roberta Olcese, Giorgio Ottaviano, Claudia Paglialunga, Giovanni Battista Pajno, Giuseppe Fabio Parisi, Stefano Pattini, Luca Pecoraro, Umberto Pelosi, Claudio Pignata, Giampaolo Ricci, Silvia Ricci, Stefano Rizzi, Caterina Rizzo, Sara Rosati, Paolo Rosso, Maria Sangerardi, Angelica Santoro, Francesca Saretta, Lucrezia Sarti, Marco Ugo Andrea Sartorio, Majla Sgruletti, Annarosa Soresina, Ifigenia Sfika, Mayla Sgrulletti, Nuccia Tesse, Valentina Tranchino, Alessandro Travaglini, Velia Malizia, Elvira Verduci, Mario Vernich, Elisabetta Veronelli, Stefano Volpi, Martina Votto, Anna Maria Zicari,

Immunodeficiency and Autoimmune Disorders

The COVID-19 pandemic has surprised the entire population. The world has had to face an unprecedented pandemic. Only, Spanish flu had similar disastrous consequences. As a result, drastic measures (lockdown) have been adopted worldwide. Healthcare service has been overwhelmed by the extraordinary influx of patients, often requiring high intensity of care. Mortality has been associated with severe comorbidities, including chronic diseases. Patients with frailty were, therefore, the victim of the SARS-COV-2 infection. Allergy and asthma are the most prevalent chronic disorders in children and adolescents, so they need careful attention and, if necessary, an adaptation of their regular treatment plans. Fortunately, at present, young people are less suffering from COVID-19, both as incidence and severity. However, any age, including infancy, could be affected by the pandemic.Based on this background, the Italian Society of Pediatric Allergy and Immunology has felt it necessary to provide a Consensus Statement. This expert panel consensus document offers a rationale to help guide decision-making in the management of children and adolescents with allergic or immunologic diseases.