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Effect of Covid-19 Pandemic in Non Covid-19 Patients at the Emergency Surgical Department

NCT04900233 · Status: COMPLETED · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 651

Last updated 2021-05-25

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Introduction Most countries imposed mandatory lockdowns that were rapidly lifted, however Argentina holds the record for one of the longest quarantines in the world. General surgery emergency conditions and trauma cases still require immediate evaluation and timely resolution. The primary objective of this study was to analyze the variations in the consults, surgical outcomes and severity of disease in admissions at our department of general surgery and to study the consequences of the lockdown effect in our community.

Materials and methods An observational, ambispective study was carried out on a prospective cohort of patients who consulted with on-call surgical pathology and required hospitalization in the period from March 13th, 2020 until July 31, 2020 (PG) were included, analyzed and compared with the same period of 2019 (CG).

Conditions

  • Covid19
  • Emergencies
  • Appendicitis
  • Surgical Procedure, Unspecified

Interventions

OTHER

surgery

emergency surgery

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires

    lead OTHER

Eligibility

Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2021-05-06
Primary Completion
2021-05-06
Completion
2021-05-06

Countries

  • Argentina

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