Changing Admission Patterns in Pediatric Emergency Departments during the Covid-19 Pandemic in Italy Were Due to Reductions in Inappropriate Accesses
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During the initial phase of the national lockdown, we found that there were sharp decreases in admissions to two pediatric emergency departments (EDs) in northern Italy (Cremona and Novara). Here we present a detailed analysis of these admission patterns and types of admissions over a longer timeframe. ED admissions data were anonymously extracted from the departmental management software. Admissions data from 2019 and 2020 were analyzed and compared separately for each ED and combined. There was a 73.2% decrease in total admissions compared with the same period in 2019. With respect to admission diagnoses, there was a significant ( p p < 0.001). Even if the COVID-19 pandemic represented an enormous healthcare burden in Italy, especially during the first months of the pandemic (late February to May), the workload of pediatric EDs was significantly reduced, especially for unnecessary accesses (white codes)
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19 · Disease · Emergency department · Infectious disease (medical specialty · Medical emergency · Pandemic · Workload · COVID-19 and healthcare impacts · Emergency and Acute Care Studies · Medicine · Trauma and Emergency Care Studies · Emergency Medicine · Internal Medicine · Pediatrics
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