The Pandemic's impacts on patients without Covid-19 on multidisciplinary aspects in emergency medicine care.
CVA
Femoral fracture
Non-covid-19
Quality indicator
STEMI
Journal
Internal and emergency medicine
ISSN: 1970-9366
Titre abrégé: Intern Emerg Med
Pays: Italy
ID NLM: 101263418
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
11 2021
11 2021
Historique:
received:
28
10
2020
accepted:
16
02
2021
pubmed:
3
3
2021
medline:
11
11
2021
entrez:
2
3
2021
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
The emergence of Covid-19 has caused a pandemic and is a major public health concern. Covid-19 has fundamentally challenged the global health care system in all aspects. However, there is a growing concern for the subsequent detrimental effects of continuing delays or adjustments on time-dependent treatments for Covid-19 negative patients. Patients arriving to the ED with STEMIs and acute CVA are currently presumed to have delays due to Covid-19 related concerns. The objective of this paper is to evaluate the implications of the Covid-19 pandemic on non-Covid19 patients in emergency care settings. We conducted a retrospective study from February 2020 to April 2020 and compared this to a parallel period in 2019 to assess the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on three distinct non-Covid-19 ED diagnosis that require immediate intervention. Our primary outcome measures were time to primary PCI in acute STEMI, time to fibrinolysis in acute CVA, and time to femoral hip fracture correction surgery. Our secondary outcome measure included a composite outcome of length of stay in hospital and mortality. From 1 February 2020 to 30 April 2020, the total referrals to ED diagnosed with STEMI, Hip fracture and CVA of which required intervention were 197 within Covid-19 group 2020 compared to 250 in the control group 2019. Mean duration to intervention (PCI, surgery and tPA, respectively) did not differ between COVID-19 group and 2019 group. Among femoral hip fracture patients', the referral numbers to ED were significantly lower in Covid-19 era (p = 0.040) and the hospitalization stay was significantly shorter (p = 0.003). Among CVA patients', we found statistical differences among the number of referrals and the patients' age. Coping with the Covid-19 pandemic presents a challenge for the general healthcare system. Our results suggest that with proper management, despite the obstacles of isolation policies and social distancing, any negative impact on the quality of health care for the non-Covid-19 patients can be minimized in the emergency department setting.
Identifiants
pubmed: 33650082
doi: 10.1007/s11739-021-02680-5
pii: 10.1007/s11739-021-02680-5
pmc: PMC7920545
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
2261-2268Informations de copyright
© 2021. Società Italiana di Medicina Interna (SIMI).
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