Reduction in pediatric growth hormone deficiency and increase in central precocious puberty diagnoses during COVID 19 pandemics.
Martina PeinkhoferBenedetta BossiniArturo PencoManuela GiangrecoMaria Chiara PellegrinViviana VidonisGiada VittoriNicoletta GrassiElena FaleschiniEgidio BarbiGianluca TornesePublished in: Italian journal of pediatrics (2022)
This study found a significant reduction of tests investigating GHD during COVID-19 pandemics. It also showed a clinically meaningful increase in cases of CPP in girls. These results suggest the need for families and pediatricians to monitor children's growth during isolation and enlighten new perspectives towards conditions associated with lockdown restrictions as increased screen time, social isolation, and children's anxiety as possible triggers of CPP.