| Autor: |
Anahita Ansari Djafari, Babak Javanmard, Amirhossein Rahavian, Ahmad Reza Rafiezadeh Rafiezadeh, Nasrin Borumandnia, Seyyed Ali Hojjati, Seyyed Mohammad Hosseininia, Hormoz Karami |
| Jazyk: |
angličtina |
| Rok vydání: |
2022 |
| Předmět: |
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| Zdroj: |
Archives of Academic Emergency Medicine, Vol 10, Iss 1 (2022) |
| Druh dokumentu: |
article |
| ISSN: |
2645-4904 |
| DOI: |
10.22037/aaem.v10i1.1563 |
| Popis: |
Introduction: Medical and surgical priorities were dramatically changed during the COVID-19 pandemic. This study aimed to evaluate the impact of this pandemic on presentation to emergency department (ED) with urologic complaint. Method: This cross-sectional study was conducted at a tertiary urology referral center in Tehran, Iran. The data of all ED admissions were collected and the frequency of admissions with urologic complain and their outcomes were compared between two 90-day periods (before and during COVID-19 era). Results: 480 ED admissions were studied. The number of patients visiting the ED with urologic complaint during COVID-19 era was significantly lower than the same period in the pre-COVID-19 period (125 vs. 355 admissions; p = 0.01). The mean hospitalization days for patients in the pre-COVID-19 period were significantly higher (5.6 ± 4.4 vs. 3.2 ± 4.2 days; p |
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