Did the COVID-19 Pandemic Affect the Emergency Service and Outpatient Clinic Applications of Pediatric Patients?
| Autor: | Damla Geçkalan, Rahmi Özdemir |
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| Jazyk: | English<br />Turkish |
| Rok vydání: | 2022 |
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| Zdroj: | Journal of Pediatric Emergency and Intensive Care Medicine, Vol 9, Iss 2, Pp 116-122 (2022) |
| Druh dokumentu: | article |
| ISSN: | 2146-2399 2148-7332 |
| DOI: | 10.4274/cayd.galenos.2022.44227 |
| Popis: | Introduction:In the Coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, hospital admission rates was observed same difference in due to masks, closure of schools, and curfews. In our study; we aimed to compare the pediatric health and diseases department applications, triage, diagnosis distribution and hospitalization rates during the pandemic period with those before the pandemic.Methods:In this study, 240.440 patients who applied to Kütahya Health Sciences University Hospital Pediatrics Department between 11.03.2019 and 11.03.2021 were evaluated retrospectively. The patients were analyzed in two groups as pre-pandemic and pandemic period. Diagnosis distribution was evaluated in October-November- December. Chi-square test was used to compare categorical variables, and multiple comparisons were analyzed using Bonferronicorrected Z-test. Significance level was acceppted as p |
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