Effect of Covid-19 Pandemic in Non Covid-19 Patients at the Emergency Surgical Department, During the Severe Restriction Phase of Lockdown in Buenos Aires. A Cohort Study.
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 已完成
- 入组人数
- 651
- 试验地点
- 1
- 主要终点
- Clinical presentation of the patients at the time of admission
研究概览
简要总结
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).
详细描述
Participation in the study does not represent any additional risk for the included participants since participation in the protocol does not include any experimental intervention and the medical care and treatment of all participants that require it will be carried out according to the current guidelines. The protocol does not contemplate any procedure or study additional to the usual care of the patient.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Observational
- 观察模型
- Cohort
- 时间视角
- Other
入排标准
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 否
入选标准
- •all non-Covid-19 patients over 18 years who consulted at the emergency surgical department of Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires and required hospitalization in the period from March 13th, 2020 until July 31, 2020 (Pandemic Group-PG) and compared with the same period of 2019 (Control Group-CG).
排除标准
- 未提供
结局指标
主要结局
Clinical presentation of the patients at the time of admission
时间窗: 2019-2020
Surgical outcomes and severity of disease in admissions at the department of general surgery.
Number of patients admitted to the emergency department
时间窗: 2019-2020
Variations in the consults the emergency department of general surgery.
Has the COVID-19 pandemic made a significant change in the hospital admissions?
时间窗: 2019-2020
Study the consequences of the severe restriction phase of the pandemic in the community.
次要结局
未报告次要终点
研究者
CECILIA DANIELA JORGE
Medical doctor
Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires