ArticleSeizure2020
SARS-CoV-2 pandemic and epilepsy: The impact on emergency department attendances for seizures.
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- EEG as an indispensable tool during and after the COVID-19 pandemic: A review of tribulations and successes.Frontiers in neurology · 2022Review
- Impact of COVID-19 Lockdown, during the Two Waves, on Drug Use and Emergency Department Access in People with Epilepsy: An Interrupted Time-Series Analysis.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- e-Health solution for home patient telemonitoring in early post-acute TIA/Minor stroke during COVID-19 pandemic.International journal of medical informatics · 2021Article
- Neurologic Emergencies during the Coronavirus Disease 2019 Pandemic.Neurologic clinics · 2021Review
- Telemedicine during the SARS-Cov-2 pandemic lockdown: Monitoring stress and quality of sleep in patients with epilepsy.Epilepsy & behavior : E&B · 2021Article
- Acute Pulmonary Embolism in the COVID-19 Era: The Experience of a Ghanaian Patient.Journal of patient experience · 2021Article
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Abstract
introductionThe risk of acquiring SARS-CoV-2 in a hospital setting and the need of reorganizing the Emergency Departments (EDs) to cope with infected patients have led to a reduction of ED attendances for non-infectious acute conditions and to a different management of chronic disorders.
methodsWe performed a retrospective study evaluating the frequency and features of ED attendances for seizures during the lockdown period (March 10th-April 30th 2020) in the University Hospital of Trieste, Italy. We studied the possible pandemic impact on the way patients with seizures sought for medical assistance by comparing the lockdown period to a matched period in 2019 and to a period of identical length preceding the lockdown (January 18th-March 9th 2020).
resultsA striking decrease in total ED attendances was observed during lockdown (4664) compared to the matched control (10424) and to the pre-lockdown (9522) periods. A similar reduction, although to a lesser extent, was detected for seizure attendances to the ED: there were 37 during lockdown and 63 and 44 respectively during the two other periods. Intriguingly, during the lockdown a higher number of patients attended the ED with first seizures (p = 0.013), and more EEGs (p = 0.008) and CT brain scans (p = 0.018) were performed; there was a trend towards more frequent transport to the ED by ambulance (p = 0.061) in the lockdown period.
conclusionsOur data suggest that the pandemic has affected the way patients with seizures access the Health Care System.
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