Observational studyInternational journal of environmental research and public health2020
Analysis of Emergency Department Visits and Hospital Activity during Influenza Season, COVID-19 Epidemic, and Lockdown Periods in View of Managing a Future Disaster Risk: A Multicenter Observational Study.
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Analysis of Emergency Department Visits According to Incidence of Covid-19 in French Metropolis : a One-year Multicenter Observational Retrospective Study.
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17 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
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- The impact of SARS-CoV-2 on emergency health care demand: inverse relationship between COVID-like illnesses and ED accesses in Genoa, Italy.Journal of preventive medicine and hygiene · 2024Article
- Non-medical practitioners in the staffing of emergency departments and urgent treatment centres in England: a mixed qualitative methods study of policy implementation.BMC health services research · 2023Article
- Locked down or locked out? Trends in psychiatric emergency services utilization during the COVID-19 pandemic.Journal of health services research & policy · 2023Article
- The effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on community respiratory virus activity.Nature reviews. Microbiology · 2023Review
- Consequences of SARS-CoV-2 pandemic on urological surgery in France: a nationwide analysis of the healthcare system database.BMJ open · 2022Observational
- Patients with Musculoskeletal Disorders Presenting to the Emergency Department: The COVID-19 Lesson.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
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- Trends in emergency ophthalmic care during COVID-19: A comparative analysis.The American journal of emergency medicine · 2022Article
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- Rapid antigen test to identify COVID-19 infected patients with and without symptoms admitted to the Emergency Department.The American journal of emergency medicine · 2022Observational
- Ophthalmologic emergency room visits during COVID-19 lockdown-Characterization from Haifa, Israel.PloS one · 2022Article
- Patterns of Emergency Department visits for acute and chronic diseases during the two pandemic waves in Italy.The American journal of emergency medicine · 2021Observational
- Effects of Relaxed Lockdown on Pediatric ER Visits during SARS-CoV-2 Pandemic in Italy.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- Assessment of Referrals and Hospitalizations in the Hospital Transformed into COVID-19 Facility in Poland during the "Spring Wave" of the Epidemic in 2020-A Cross-Sectional Study.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on healthcare-associated infections in intensive care unit patients: a retrospective cohort study.Antimicrobial resistance and infection control · 2021Article
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Abstract
ED-visits and through-ED admissions to medical/surgical wards (MSW) and intensive care unit (ICU) during influenza, COVID-19 and lockdown periods were evaluated in a four-hospital prospective observational study from November 2018 to March 2020. ED visit characteristics and main diagnostic categories were assessed. Analysis of 368,262 ED-visits highlighted a significantly increasing trend in ED-visits during influenza followed by a significantly decreasing trend after lockdown. For MSW-admissions, a pattern of growth during influenza was followed by a fall that began during COVID-19 pandemic and intensified during the lockdown. For ICU-admissions, a significant rise during the COVID-19 pandemic was followed by diminution during the lockdown period. During lockdown, significantly diminishing trends were shown for all diagnostic categories (between -40.8% and -73.6%), except influenza-like illness/COVID cases (+31.6%), Pulmonary embolism/deep vein thrombosis (+33.5%) and frequent users (+188.0%). The present study confirms an increase in demand during the influenza epidemic and during the initial phase of the COVID-19 epidemic, but a drop in activity during the lockdown, mainly related to non-COVID conditions. Syndromic surveillance of ILI cases in ED is a tool for monitoring influenza and COVID-19, and it can predict ED activity and the need for MSW and ICU beds.
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