Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on radiology appointments in a tertiary children’s hospital: a retrospective study

In this retrospective observational study, we evaluated the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic in London on paediatric radiology activity, as a surrogate of overall hospital activity. We showed a large reduction in overall outpatient imaging activity: 49 250 records occurred in the 371 days post COVID-...

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Autores principales: Langan, Dean, Shelmerdine, Susan, Taylor, Andrew, Bryant, William A, Booth, John, Sebire, Neil J, Arthurs, Owen, Cortina-Borja, Mario
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BMJ Publishing Group 2021
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Original Research Letter
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8359866/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34405120
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjpo-2021-001210
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Sumario:In this retrospective observational study, we evaluated the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic in London on paediatric radiology activity, as a surrogate of overall hospital activity. We showed a large reduction in overall outpatient imaging activity: 49 250 records occurred in the 371 days post COVID-19 period compared with an expected 67 806 records pre COVID-19 period, representing 18 556 ‘missed’ records. Governmental restrictions were associated with reductions in activity, with the largest reduction in activity during tiers 3 and 4 restrictions. Rescheduling such missed outpatients’ appointments represents considerable resource planning and the associated clinical impact on paediatric healthcare remains to be determined.

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