ArticleInternational emergency nursing2022
The impact of COVID-19 pandemic on the urgency of patients admitted to the emergency department.
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- Factors associated with avoidable non-urgent emergency department visits in South Tyrol (Italy): a multicentre cross-sectional study.BMC emergency medicine · 2026Article
- Ascertaining cause-specific emergency department demand using forecast combinations.BMC emergency medicine · 2026Article
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- External validation of the TFC (triage frailty and comorbidity) tool: a prospective observational study.Internal and emergency medicine · 2025Observational
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- Development and validation of a nomogram for assessing comorbidity and frailty in triage: a multicentre observational study.Internal and emergency medicine · 2024Observational
- Triage-clinical reasoning on emergency nursing competency: a multiple linear mediation effect.BMC nursing · 2024Article
- Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Inappropriate Use of the Emergency Department.Microorganisms · 2023Article
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Abstract
backgroundThe COVID-19 pandemic brought important changes in access to the Emergency Department (ED). At present, an analysis of how the COVID-19 pandemic has changed not only the number but also the nature of the urgency of ED access is not available. This study aimed to verify the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on the urgency of patients admitted to the ED utilizing timebased analyses.
methodsA quasi-experimental interrupted time series analysis based on a retrospective review of data from all ED admissions occurring at the Merano Hospital (Italy) from 1 January 2015 to 30 June 2021 was conducted.
resultsFrom January 2015 to June 2021, 416,560 patients were admitted to the ED. Since the pandemic outbreak, the trend of urgent patients (classified as orange and red by triage) remained unchanged compared to the pre-pandemic period (p = 0.095, p = 0.155). In contrast, patients classified as blue (non-urgent) increased exponentially since the outbreak of the pandemic (p < 0.001).
conclusionThe present study reported stability in urgent codes (orange and red) since the pandemic outbreak while a dramatic increase in non-urgent codes (blue and green) is reported. The results of the study may indicate the need to find health policy solutions to manage this large increase in nonurgent patients requiring assessment in EDs since the outbreak of the pandemic.
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