Cross-Sectional Analysis of the Complaints and Emergency Department Attendances During COVID-19 Pandemic

In December of 2019, an emergence of a new type of pneumonia resulted in a pandemic. To prevent the spread of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), governments worldwide introduced a multitude of restrictions and preventative...

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Autores principales: Ghaffar, Ali, Garlapati, Rajendar
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2020
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Emergency Medicine
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7735014/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33329987
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.12043
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description In December of 2019, an emergence of a new type of pneumonia resulted in a pandemic. To prevent the spread of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), governments worldwide introduced a multitude of restrictions and preventative measures, including national lockdowns. Previous studies reported the clinical characteristics and epidemiology of the disease. The purpose of this article is to provide an analysis of changes in the number and nature of the accidents and emergency department attendances during the early phase of COVID-19 lockdown in the United Kingdom.
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spelling pubmed-77350142020-12-15 Cross-Sectional Analysis of the Complaints and Emergency Department Attendances During COVID-19 Pandemic Ghaffar, Ali Garlapati, Rajendar Cureus Emergency Medicine In December of 2019, an emergence of a new type of pneumonia resulted in a pandemic. To prevent the spread of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), governments worldwide introduced a multitude of restrictions and preventative measures, including national lockdowns. Previous studies reported the clinical characteristics and epidemiology of the disease. The purpose of this article is to provide an analysis of changes in the number and nature of the accidents and emergency department attendances during the early phase of COVID-19 lockdown in the United Kingdom. Cureus 2020-12-12 /pmc/articles/PMC7735014/ /pubmed/33329987 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.12043 Text en Copyright © 2020, Ghaffar et al. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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title Cross-Sectional Analysis of the Complaints and Emergency Department Attendances During COVID-19 Pandemic
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