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Impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on rates of emergency department utilization and hospital admission due to general surgery conditions

2022; Springer Science+Business Media; Volume: 36; Issue: 9 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1007/s00464-021-08956-3

1866-6817

Saba Balvardi, Josie Cipolla, Nawar Touma, Tharaniya Vallipuram, Natasha Barone, Reginold Sivarajan, Pepa Kaneva, Sebastian Demyttenaere, Marylise Boutros, L. Lee, Liane S. Feldman, Julio F. Fiore,

Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes

Recent literature reports a decrease in healthcare-seeking behaviours by adults during the Covid-19 pandemic. Given that emergency general surgery (GS) conditions are often associated with high morbidity and mortality if left untreated, the objective of this study was to describe and quantify the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on rates of emergency department (ED) utilization and hospital admission due to GS conditions.