Observational studyRevista medica del Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social2025
[Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the number of otorhinolaryngology consultations].
Observational study in Revista medica del Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.
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Abstract
Background: The COVID-19 pandemic has modified several aspects of medical care, resulting in a change in the profile of visits to the Emergency Department. Objective: To compare the number and reasons for consultation related to the specialty of Otolaryngology in the Emergency Department of a tertiary-care hospital, in the periods defined as: pre-COVID-19 (from March 13, 2019, to March 12, 2020) and COVID-19 (from March 13, 2020, to March 13, 2021). Material and methods: An observational, retrospective, cross-sectional and analytical study was conducted. It included 2409 patients, out of which 1764 belonged to the pre-COVID-19 period and 645 to the COVID-19 period. Odds ratios were estimated for the association between the period of presentation and the type of emergency. Results: We observed an increase in consultations for epistaxis (from 19.16 to 26.82%), followed by tracheostomy care (from 3.17 to 5.89%), laryngotracheal stenosis (from 0.96 to 2.5%) and otalgia (from 4.47 to 6.67%), during the COVID-19 period. Similarly, there was an increase in the proportion of actual emergencies during the COVID-19 period. Conclusions: Overall, there was a 63% of decrease in the number of urgent Ear, Nose and Throat (ENT) consultations during the COVID-19 period, with a significant increase in the number of attendances secondary to epistaxis, tracheostomy care, laryngotracheal stenosis and a significant percentage in cochleovestibular pathology care.
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