Repercussions of covid-19-related national lockdown on emergency surgery department: a longitudinal cohort monocentric study
| Autor: | Alessandra Iodice, Chiara Tesori, Andrea Mingoli, Marco Assenza, Filippo La Torre, Giovanni Casella, Ilario Lattina, Marco Catani, Lidia Castagneto-Gissey, Paolo Ferrari |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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medicine.medical_specialty
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) Population Sars-Cov2 surgery epidemiology Limited access Emergency surgery Pandemic Medicine Humans Longitudinal cohort education Pandemics Retrospective Studies education.field_of_study business.industry SARS-CoV-2 Incidence (epidemiology) Mortality rate COVID-19 Emergency medicine Communicable Disease Control business Emergency Service Hospital |
| Popis: | BACKGROUND: COVID-19 lockdown restrictions in conjunction with the pervasive hospital fear endured by the vast majority of the population played a fundamental role in discouraging access to emergency departments (EDs) We aimed at investigating whether and how the COVID-19 outbreak limited access to ED and affected urgent surgical activities during and immediately after the 2-month pandemic-related national lockdown METHODS: Data regarding patients who accessed to the surgical ED were retrospectively collected Analysed time-periods included: 'Pre-COVID-19 Era', 'COVID-19 Era' considered as the period of full national lockdown and 'Post-COVID-19 Era' after easing of lockdown measures Consecutive emergency surgical procedures and ED admissions before, during and after COVID-19-lockdown were retrieved and analysed RESULTS: There was a significant decrease in overall ED admissions and in all-specialty surgical consultations (P |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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