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Impact of COVID-19 on Pediatric Emergency Department Visits: A Retrospective Cohort Study.
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em Inglês
| medRxiv
| ID: ppmedrxiv-21254921
ABSTRACT
Background & ObjectiveCOVID-19 has caused significant shifts in healthcare utilization, including pediatric emergency departments (EDs). We describe variations in visits made to two large pediatric EDs during the first three months of the COVID-19 pandemic, compared to a historical control period. MethodsWe performed a retrospective cohort study of children presenting to two academic pediatric EDs in Quebec, Canada. We compared the number of ED visits during the first wave of COVID-19 pandemic (March-May 2020) to historical controls (March-May 2015-2019), using Poisson regression, adjusting for site and the underlying baseline trend. Secondary analyses examined variations in ED visits by acuity, disposition, and disease categories. ResultsFrom 2015 to 2019, the two EDs had a median of 1,632 visits per week [interquartile range (IQR) 1,548; 1,703]; in 2020, this number decreased to 536 visits per week [IQR 446; 744]. In multivariable analyses, this represent a 53.3% (95%CI 52.1, 54.4) reduction in the number of ED visits. The reduction was larger among visits triage categories 4 and 5 (lower acuity) than categories 1, 2 and 3 (higher acuity) -54.2% vs. -42.0% (p<0.001). A greater proportion of children presenting to these sites were hospitalized during the COVID period than in pre-COVID period 11.8% vs. 5.5% (p<0.001). ConclusionsDuring the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic, there was a large decrease in visits to pediatric EDs. Patients presented with higher acuity at triage and the proportion of patients requiring hospitalization increased.
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Cohort_studies
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Experimental_studies
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Estudo observacional
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Estudo prognóstico
Idioma:
Inglês
Ano de publicação:
2021
Tipo de documento:
Preprint