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dc.contributor.author | Sá, Andreia Filipa | - |
dc.contributor.author | Lourenço, Sofia Fonseca | - |
dc.contributor.author | Teixeira, Rafael da Silva | - |
dc.contributor.author | Barros, Filinto | - |
dc.contributor.author | Costa, António | - |
dc.contributor.author | Lemos, Paulo Bettencourt | - |
dc.date.accessioned | 2022-11-28T12:39:54Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2022-11-28T12:39:54Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2021 | - |
dc.identifier.issn | 01040014 | pt |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/10316/103796 | - |
dc.description.abstract | SARS-CoV-2 virus changed society's behaviour. Population was advised to reduce unnecessary heath care use to accommodate urgent cases and daily increase of COVID-19 patients. Health care facilities faced huge challenges, having to readjust their response to preserve good quality of care. In Portugal, a significant reduction in the number of admissions to the Emergency Department (ED) was reported all over the country, however the impact on the dynamics of undeferrable surgery remains to be reported. This study compares the volume and characteristics of urgent/emergency surgery during the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic with the homologous period in 2019, chronologically illustrating the national evolution of new COVID-19 cases and the social and hospital containment response. Methods: A retrospective observational study was conducted in a tertiary hospital center located in the most affected region by COVID-19 in Portugal. Medical records of patients who underwent urgent/emergency surgery between March 1st and May 2nd of both 2020 and 2019 were examined and the volume of surgeries were compared. Also, daily national updates from Portuguese Directorate-General for Health were analysed. Results: During the COVID-19 pandemic approximately 30% less patients underwent urgent/emergency surgery (99%CI = 0.18---0.61, p < 0.001). Waiting time for surgery showed no difference between both years (p = 0.068), but patients who did surgery during the 2020 pandemic had higher mortality rates than the ones who did it in 2019 (11.4% in 2020 and 5.9% in 2019, p = 0.001). Reduction in surgery volume was correlated with the increasing number of infected cases nationally. | pt |
dc.language.iso | eng | pt |
dc.publisher | Elsevier | pt |
dc.rights | openAccess | pt |
dc.rights.uri | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ | pt |
dc.subject | COVID-19 | pt |
dc.subject | COVID-19 diagnostic testing | pt |
dc.subject | Emergency service, hospital | pt |
dc.subject | Surgical procedures, operative | pt |
dc.subject.mesh | Aged | pt |
dc.subject.mesh | Emergency Service, Hospital | pt |
dc.subject.mesh | Female | pt |
dc.subject.mesh | Humans | pt |
dc.subject.mesh | Male | pt |
dc.subject.mesh | Middle Aged | pt |
dc.subject.mesh | Portugal | pt |
dc.subject.mesh | Retrospective Studies | pt |
dc.subject.mesh | Surgical Procedures, Operative | pt |
dc.subject.mesh | Tertiary Care Centers | pt |
dc.subject.mesh | Waiting Lists | pt |
dc.subject.mesh | COVID-19 | pt |
dc.subject.mesh | Emergencies | pt |
dc.title | Urgent/emergency surgery during COVID-19 state of emergency in Portugal: a retrospective and observational study | pt |
dc.type | article | - |
degois.publication.firstPage | 123 | pt |
degois.publication.lastPage | 128 | pt |
degois.publication.issue | 2 | pt |
degois.publication.title | Brazilian Journal of Anesthesiology (English Edition) | pt |
dc.peerreviewed | yes | pt |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1016/j.bjane.2021.01.003 | pt |
degois.publication.volume | 71 | pt |
dc.date.embargo | 2021-01-01 | * |
uc.date.periodoEmbargo | 0 | pt |
item.fulltext | Com Texto completo | - |
item.openairecristype | http://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_18cf | - |
item.languageiso639-1 | en | - |
item.openairetype | article | - |
item.cerifentitytype | Publications | - |
item.grantfulltext | open | - |
Appears in Collections: | FMUC Medicina - Artigos em Revistas Internacionais |
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