COVID-19对耳鼻喉科的冲浪的影响 咨询
Evan B Hughes1, Amanda E Gemmiti1, Nadia Debick1
1Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, State University of New York (SUNY) Upstate, Syracuse, USA.
Cureus
|October 9, 2023
概括
COVID-19的激增并没有显著改变耳鼻喉科的总咨询量. 然而,在这些时期,急诊室和儿科咨询的数量显著下降,为医院准备提供了洞察力.
科学领域:
- 耳鼻喉科 耳鼻喉科 耳鼻喉科
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 流行病学 流行病学
背景情况:
- COVID-19 流行病在全球范围内对医疗保健服务产生了重大影响.
- 了解病毒激增对专业医疗服务的影响,对于资源配置和患者护理规划至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 为了评估COVID-19对耳鼻喉科 (耳鼻喉) 咨询数据的冲击.
- 将COVID-19期间的咨询量和特征与历史数据进行比较.
主要方法:
- 在COVID-19爆发期间,从2020年到2021年在一个机构进行耳鼻喉科咨询的回顾性审查.
- 统计分析比较激增时期的数据与2014年至2019年的历史数据.
- 评估总咨询量,包括急诊室,住院,儿科,成人,周日,夜间和周末的咨询.
主要成果:
- 在研究期间观察到耳鼻喉科咨询量总体上升趋势.
- 在COVID-19爆发期间,与历史数据相比,耳鼻喉科总咨询量没有显著差异 (p = 0.718,p = 0.695).
- 与历史数据相比,这两个COVID-19激增时期的急诊室和儿科咨询的比例明显较低 (p <0.001).
结论:
- 耳鼻喉科咨询量在COVID-19激增期间仍然很高,尽管感染率增加.
- 在激增期间,急诊室和儿科咨询的百分比下降是一个关键发现.
- 这些见解可以帮助医院和耳鼻喉科服务机构为未来COVID-19病例和住院治疗的波动做好准备.
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