RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Effect of Lockdown in Surgical Emergency Accesses: Experience of a COVID-19 Hospital
JF In Vivo
JO In Vivo
FD International Institute of Anticancer Research
SP 3033
OP 3038
DO 10.21873/invivo.12137
VO 34
IS 5
A1 VANNI, GIANLUCA
A1 LEGRAMANTE, JACOPO MARIA
A1 PELLICCIARO, MARCO
A1 DE CAROLIS, GERARDO
A1 COTESTA, MARIA
A1 MATERAZZO, MARCO
A1 BUONOMO, CHIARA
A1 FARINACCIO, ANDREA
A1 SANTORI, FRANCESCA
A1 SARACENO, FEDERICA
A1 IELPO, BENEDETTO
A1 AIELLO, FRANCESCO
A1 PAGANELLI, CARLA
A1 GRANDE, MICHELE
A1 DE ANDREIS, GIROLAMO
A1 CHIOCCHI, MARCELLO
A1 PALOMBI, LEONARDO
A1 BUONOMO, ORESTE CLAUDIO
YR 2020
UL http://iv.iiarjournals.org/content/34/5/3033.abstract
AB Background/Aim: SARS-CoV-2 pandemic imposed extraordinary restriction measures and a complete reorganization of the Health System. The aim of the study was to evaluate the impact of COVID-19 on emergency surgical department accesses. Patients and Methods: Patients admitted to surgical emergency departments was retrospectively recorded during the Lockdown (March 11, 2020-May 3, 2020) and compared with the same number of days in 2019 and immediately before Lockdown (January 16, 2020-March 10, 2020). Diagnoses, priority levels, modes of patient's transportation, waiting times and outcomes were analysed. Results: During the lockdown phase, we ob-served a reduction in the access to emergency surgical departments of 84.45% and 79.78%, com-pared with the Pre-Lockdown2019 and Pre-Lockdown2020 groups, respectively. Patient's transportation, hospitalization and patients discharge with indications to an outpatient visit, waiting and total times exhibited a significant difference during the lockdown (p<0.005). Conclusion: We observed a reduction of surgical emergency accesses during the lockdown. Implementing the use of the regional systems and preventing overcrowding of emergency departments could be beneficial for reducing waiting times and improving the quality of treatments for patients.