在COVID-19隔离期间,紧急部门的访问减少了
1Department of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, Galilee Medical Center, Nahariya, Israel.
The American journal of emergency medicine
|June 23, 2023
概括
与前几年和假日相比,COVID-19隔离明显减少了紧急部门 (ED) 的访问,包括紧急病例. 这种下降凸显了潜在的患者担忧,以及对紧急医疗情况的认识的需要.
科学领域:
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 流行病学 流行病学
- 紧急医疗 紧急医疗
背景情况:
- 紧急部门 (ED) 的访问被分类为紧急或非紧急,护理延迟可能导致严重后果.
- 冠状病毒疾病2019 (COVID-19) 流行病导致全球范围内的广泛限制和隔离.
- 了解流行病期间医疗保健利用的转变对于公共卫生准备至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 调查COVID-19大流行及其关联的隔离措施对急诊室访问率的影响.
- 将COVID-19隔离期间的ED访问趋势与2013-2019年的平行时期进行比较.
- 评估ED访问的减少与假日和周末预期的减少相比.
主要方法:
- 使用了一种描述性的回顾性研究设计.
- ED转诊原因分为紧急和非紧急,并进一步分类 (例如,传染病,心脏病).
- 2020年春季COVID-19隔离期间的数据与2013-2019年的历史数据以及假日和周末期间的数据进行了比较.
主要成果:
- 在2020年春季的COVID-19隔离期间,与前几年相比,每日ED访问的平均数量下降了56.3%.
- 这一显著的减少在紧急和非紧急ED访问类别以及所有子类别中都是明显的.
- 在隔离期间的ED访问率明显低于前几年,主要假日和周末,即使是紧急,危及生命的情况.
结论:
- 在COVID-19隔离期间,急诊室利用率显著下降,影响了所有类型的访问.
- 医疗保健提供者必须解决患者的担忧,并在公共卫生危机期间提高对关键症状的认识.
- 这些发现对于区域规划者,历史学家,社会学家和国际医疗保健组织来说,对于了解与流行病相关的医疗保健行为是非常重要的.
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