Emergency department utilization by children with general surgical conditions during the COVID-19 pandemic.
case_series · Level IV
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Abstract
The authors observed a 36 per cent reduction in emergency department utilization by children with general surgical conditions during the first 2 months of the COVID-19 pandemic. In their institutional experience, timely implementation of operative safety protocols centred around universal preoperative COVID-19 testing, which enabled standard-of-care treatment for common paediatric surgical diseases to be upheld during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Medical subject headings
- COVID-19
- Emergency Service, Hospital
- Facilities and Services Utilization
- Hospitals, Pediatric
- Patient Acceptance of Health Care
- Surgical Procedures, Operative