Impact of the First Wave of COVID-19 on the Number of General Anesthesia Cases in 34 Tertiary Hospitals in Japan: A Multicenter Retrospective Study

Autor: Tomonori Takazawa, Yuki Sugiyama, Yasuhiro Amano, Tetsuhito Hara, Eiki Kanemaru, Takao Kato, Takashi Kawano, Tsukasa Kochiyama, Tatsuya Tsuji, Shigeru Saito
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2021
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Zdroj: Anesthesiology Research and Practice, Vol 2021 (2021)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1687-6962
1687-6970
DOI: 10.1155/2021/8144794
Popis: Since the first case of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) was reported in Japan in January 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic has brought about a significant change in people’s lives. Although the COVID-19 pandemic is expected to have had an impact on the work of anesthesiologists, the specific impact has been largely unreported. We hypothesized that the number of general anesthesia (GA) cases has decreased due to the COVID-19 pandemic. To test this hypothesis, we conducted a retrospective survey at 34 facilities in Japan as a part of the Japanese Epidemiologic Study for Perioperative Anaphylaxis. The results showed that the number of GA cases had significantly decreased, particularly in May 2020, under the government’s declaration of a state of emergency. The decline in GA caseload had not fully recovered by July 2020. Furthermore, there were regional differences in the decline in the number of GA cases. The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the work of anesthesiologists was greater in prefectures where there were more COVID-19 patients and where the state of emergency was declared earlier. Our study suggested a region-dependent decrease in the number of GA cases due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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