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The impacts of the COVID-19 outbreak on emergency department visits of surgical patients

COVID-19 salgınının cerrahi hastaların acil servis başvuruları üzerine etkisi

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685–692
Publication Date
2022-11-06
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The triage category rates of patient visits to the hospital during thepandemic period were higher in yellow and red, and lower in green (p

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Objective & Hypothesis:BACKGROUND: The novel Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) formed the basis for emergency department visits.
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Key Findings & Data:This studyaims to evaluate the effects of the pandemic on emergency department visits of surgical patients.METHODS: The hospital database records of general surgery patients who presented at the emergency department in the periodof March 2020-May 2020 (pandemic period) and March 2019–May 2019 (non-pandemic period) were retrospectively analyzed andcompared.
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Conclusion & Impact:The triage category rates of patient visits to the hospital during thepandemic period were higher in yellow and red, and lower in green (p
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BACKGROUND: The novel Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) formed the basis for emergency department visits. This studyaims to evaluate the effects of the pandemic on emergency department visits of surgical patients.METHODS: The hospital database records of general surgery patients who presented at the emergency department in the periodof March 2020-May 2020 (pandemic period) and March 2019–May 2019 (non-pandemic period) were retrospectively analyzed andcompared. The primary outcome of this study was the emergency department visit rate of patients requiring a general surgery consultation.Secondary outcomes of this study were patient complaints, diagnosis and treatments, treatment rejection rate, triage categorydata, the effects of age and gender, and the hospitalization rate.RESULTS: In this study, 618 patients were included: 265 patients from the pandemic period and 353 patients from the non-pandemicperiod. The analysis and comparison revealed that during the pandemic period, the presentation rate of female patients was lowerthan that of male patients (45.5% vs. 55.5%, respectively, p=0.045). The triage category rates of patient visits to the hospital during thepandemic period were higher in yellow and red, and lower in green (p

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AMAÇ: Coronavirus Hastalığı 2019 (COVID-19) acil servis başvurularının temelini oluşturmuştur. Bu çalışma pandeminin acil servise başvuran genel cerrahi hastalarına etkisini değerlendirmeyi amaçlamaktadır. GEREÇ VE YÖNTEM: Mart 2020–Mayıs 2020 (pandemi dönemi) ile Mart 2019–Mayıs 2019 (pandemi olmayan dönem) tarihleri arasında acil servise başvuran genel cerrahi hastalarının kayıtları hastane bilgisayar tabanlı veritabanından geriye dönük olarak incelendi. Birincil sonuç acil servis başvuru oranlarıdır. İkincil sonuçlar hastaların başvuru şikayetleri, tanı ve tedavileri, tedavi red oranları, triyaj kategorileri, yaş ve cinsiyetin acil servis başvuru oranlarına etkisi ve hastanede yatış oranlarıdır. Sonuçlar her iki dönemde karşılaştırılmıştır. BULGULAR: Çalışma pandemi döneminde 265 hasta, pandemi olmayan dönemde 353 hasta olmak üzere toplam 618 hastayla yapıldı. Pandemi döneminde kadın hastaların başvuru oranı, erkek hastalara göre daha düşüktü (sırasıyla, %45.5’e karşı %55.5, p=0.045). Pandemi döneminde hastaneye başvuran hastaların triyaj kategorilerinin sarı ve kırmızı olma oranı daha yüksek, yeşil olma oranı ise daha düşüktü (p

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GÖKSOY, B., AKÇA, M. T., İNANÇ, Ö. F. (2022). The impacts of the COVID-19 outbreak on emergency department visits of surgical patients. Ulusal Travma ve Acil Cerrahi Dergisi, Cilt: 26 - Sayı: 5, 685–692. https://ajindex.com/articles/644162

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