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The Impact of the Covid-19 Outbreak on Emergency Room Attendances of Surgical Patients

NCT04338672 · Status: UNKNOWN · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 10000

Last updated 2020-04-21

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Summary

Since December 2019, when the novel coronavirus disease (Covid-19) spread throughout the world, data have been needed on the effects of the pandemic on various aspects of healthcare systems. Recommendations for social distancing and quarantine decrees made by local governments, alongside the general public fear from the spread of the virus, are presumed to have markedly affected the trends in hospitals visits. Understanding the exact nature of the effect is critical for better anticipating and preparing health systems in the event of future outbreaks and in the post outbreak period. Therefore we intend to To identify retrospectively all patients who presented to the emergency department at our medical institute between January 1 - March 31 in the following years: 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020. We will examine the impact of COVID-19 on the rates of surgical emergency visits, ratio of surgical visits to non-surgical visits, the ratio of severe presentations to non-severe presentations, and the impact of age on ED attendance.

Conditions

  • Emergency Service, Hospital
  • General Surgery

Interventions

OTHER

COVID-19 Pandemic

Exposure: the novel coronavirus disease (Covid-19) outbreak

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Sheba Medical Center

    lead OTHER_GOV

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2020-04-05
Primary Completion
2021-04-01
Completion
2022-04-01

Countries

  • Israel

Study Locations

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