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T4 0-68 Sentence denotes We thank Paolo Manzoni et al for their reflections 1 on our report.
T5 69-70 Sentence denotes 2
T6 71-211 Sentence denotes We agree that the COVID‐19 epidemic has changed the use of the Pediatric Emergency Room, and the access to healthcare facilities in general.
T7 212-333 Sentence denotes The data described by the authors confirm our report: the epidemic led to a reduction in Pediatric Emergency Room access.
T8 334-526 Sentence denotes The causes of this phenomenon are different. Certainly, thanks to social distancing, the lockdown and the closure of schools led to a reduction in the number of paediatric infectious diseases.
T9 527-605 Sentence denotes 3 Instead, the prohibition of movements reduced the amount of road accidents.
T10 606-712 Sentence denotes However, we believe that the most important cause of the drop in hospital visits is the fear of contagion.
T11 713-824 Sentence denotes Due to the apprehension of contracting COVID‐19, parents avoid conducting their children in the emergency room.
T12 825-978 Sentence denotes Several experts and scientific societies had already highlighted how this attitude can lead to a diagnostic and therapeutic delay of serious pathologies.
T13 979-1227 Sentence denotes In our article, we found a decrease in the number of important diseases; however, we highlighted that especially non‐serious pathologies, treatable by a family paediatrician, and access for visits and programmable specialist examinations decreased.
T14 1228-1386 Sentence denotes In the period examined by our manuscript, the drop in urgent diseases (‘yellow codes’) was 36.3%, while that of non‐urgent diseases (‘green codes’) was 79.5%.
T15 1387-1522 Sentence denotes We believe that one of the lessons of this outbreak was the optimisation of available resources:healthcare consumerism must be avoided.
T16 1523-1584 Sentence denotes This aspect did not previously highlighted in the literature.
T17 1585-1721 Sentence denotes However, we specify that in the presence of serious diseases, patients should not hesitate: it is necessary to go to the emergency room.
T18 1722-1862 Sentence denotes Every tool must be activated to sensitise and inform parents, pushing them to overcome all fears, immediately contacting emergency services.
T19 1863-2012 Sentence denotes We agree with the conclusions of Manzoni P et al on the need to continue monitoring the situation, to avoid creating collateral damage from COVID‐19.
T20 2013-2160 Sentence denotes The risk is that people, even if they have not been directly affected by COVID‐19, may see their health deteriorating due to the lack of treatment.