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Introduction: Paediatric and adult psychiatric emergency department (ED) visits decreased during the initial COVID-19 pandemic outbreak. Long-term consequences of the pandemic will include increases in mental healthcare needs especially among especially vulnerable groups such as children and adolescents. Objective(s): This study examined changes in the number of overall and diagnosis-specific mental healthEDvisitsamongpatients aged<18 years following onset of the COVID-19 pandemic inMadrid, Spain. Method(s): We used electronic health records to extract the monthly numbers of total and diagnosis-specific mental health ED visits among patients aged <18 years, between October 2018 and April 2021, to La Paz University Hospital. We conducted interrupted time-series analyses and compared trends before and after the day of the first ED COVID-19 case (1st March 2020). Result(s): In March 2020, there was a marked initial decrease of -12.8 (95%CI -21.9, -7.9) less monthly mental health ED visits. After April 2020, there was a subsequent increasing trend of 3.4 (95%CI 2.6, 4.2) additional monthly mental health ED visits. Conclusion(s): After onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, there was an increase in paediatric psychiatric ED visits, especially due to suicide-related reasons. These data reinforce the crucial role of the ED in the management of acute mental health problems among youth and highlight the need for renovated efforts to enhance access to care outside of and during acute crises during the pandemic and its aftermath.
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Introduction: Long-term COVID-19 effects has been recently described as persistent and prolonged symptoms after an acute and severe SARS-COV-2 (1). An important concern is that the sequelae of severe COVID-19 may suppose a substantial outpatient's burden for the specialized services in reopening pandemic phase (2). Objective(s): To describe the frequency of mental health service use in COVID-19 hospitalized patients after discharge and to estimate the costs associated to the post- discharge consultations. Method(s): We used a 1-year follow-up cohort of 1455 COVID-19 inpatients hospitalized in La Paz University Hospital of Madrid, Spain between March 16th and April 15th, 2020. Data were retrieved from Psychiatry Service (PS) electronic health records and we described the frequency of mental health reason for consultation. We used information published by the Madrid health Office to estimate the cost of initial and following appointments. Result(s): Our sample consisted of 1,455 patients admitted with a COVID-19 diagnosis between March 16th and April 15th, 2020, and then discharged. Roughly half of them were men (776, 53%), 238 (16%) had a prior history of mental health problems, and 44 (3%) died. 193 participants (13%) visited the mental health department after being discharged. The total cost was estimated in 103,581 USD, of which two-thirds corresponded to patients with prior history of mental health problems. Conclusion(s): Our results indicate that the mental health burden of severe COVID-19 inpatient s after discharge was substantial during the first year of follow-up. This generate important economic impact to mental health providers and society at large.
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Coronavirus disease-19 (COVID-19) has triggered the worst public health crisis of modern times. The prothrombotic state induced by the infection is considered directly and substantially related to acute lung damage and other medical complications, including death. This scoping review summarises and critically assesses the existing evidence on the association between thrombosis and COVID-19, and is based on a systematic literature search of all articles published up to May 5th, 2020, included in the following databases: PubMed, Scopus, Cochrane, and Clinicaltrials.gov. A total of 26 articles were included, and their quality evaluated using STROBE guidelines. The main symptoms presented by patients that had been diagnosed with COVID-19 are dyspnoea, fever, cough, diarrhoea, and vomiting. In the laboratory findings, it is characteristic to observe an increase in D-dimer, fibrinogen, prothrombin time, and lymphopenia. Ultrasound and computed axial tomography were the radiological techniques most used for diagnosing pulmonary thromboembolism, deep vein thrombosis, and other thrombotic phenomena. In conclusion, there is still limited scientific evidence on COVID-19 and its thrombotic complications. This review summarises the body of evidence, assesses its quality, and offers conclusions that should help in the next steps in this highly relevant and expanding research area. © 2020 Asociación Colombiana de Medicina Crítica y Cuidado lntensivo
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BACKGROUND: To describe the implementation of a medicalized hotel in the community of Madrid as a public health resource for the containment of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) and to describe the characteristics of population benefitted. METHODS: A descriptive study of the implementation of the Via Castellana Medicalised Hotel (VCMH) was conducted. The average monthly household income, educational level and occupational social class of the subjects admitted were obtained through a survey conducted during their stay. RESULTS: There was no guidance for launching; however the hotel was coordinated by a tertiary referral hospital and attended the preventive medicine regulations and the decrees of legal regimes and authorization of health services in Madrid. Between 19 March and the 9 May 2020, 399 patients were admitted; 59% (235) were migrant; the main reason for referral (58%) was a lack of house conditions for quarantining, including overcrowding, which when compared with the migrant status a positive correlation was found. Some other reasons for referral were homelessness and eviction. Most of the survey participants had low monthly household income, educational level and social class. CONCLUSIONS: This medicalized hotel provided medical care and offered housing to a subgroup of vulnerable population who could not afford a safe quarantine.