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
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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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author Langan, Dean
Shelmerdine, Susan
Taylor, Andrew
Bryant, William A
Booth, John
Sebire, Neil J
Arthurs, Owen
Cortina-Borja, Mario
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description 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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spelling pubmed-83598662021-08-13 Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on radiology appointments in a tertiary children’s hospital: a retrospective study Langan, Dean Shelmerdine, Susan Taylor, Andrew Bryant, William A Booth, John Sebire, Neil J Arthurs, Owen Cortina-Borja, Mario BMJ Paediatr Open Original Research Letter 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. BMJ Publishing Group 2021-08-11 /pmc/articles/PMC8359866/ /pubmed/34405120 http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjpo-2021-001210 Text en © Author(s) (or their employer(s)) 2021. Re-use permitted under CC BY-NC. No commercial re-use. See rights and permissions. Published by BMJ. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/This is an open access article distributed in accordance with the Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial (CC BY-NC 4.0) license, which permits others to distribute, remix, adapt, build upon this work non-commercially, and license their derivative works on different terms, provided the original work is properly cited, appropriate credit is given, any changes made indicated, and the use is non-commercial. See: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) .
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Sebire, Neil J
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Cortina-Borja, Mario
Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on radiology appointments in a tertiary children’s hospital: a retrospective study
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title_short Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on radiology appointments in a tertiary children’s hospital: a retrospective study
title_sort impact of the covid-19 pandemic on radiology appointments in a tertiary children’s hospital: a retrospective study
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url 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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