Zakaria, S., mousa, N., Abdel-Razik, A., El-Bendary, M., Awad, M., Taha, A., Mousa, E., Yassen, A., Salama, K., Fathy, A., Diasty, M. (2020). Impact of COVID-19 pandemic on hospital admission for endoscopy unit; single center study. Medical Journal of Viral Hepatitis, 5.1(1), 41-45. doi: 10.21608/mjvh.2020.125630
Sahar Zakaria; Nasser mousa; Ahmed Abdel-Razik; Mahmoud El-Bendary; Mahmoud Awad; Ahmed Taha; Eman Mousa; Ahmed Yassen; Kamal Salama; Aya Ahmed Fathy; Muhammad Diasty. "Impact of COVID-19 pandemic on hospital admission for endoscopy unit; single center study". Medical Journal of Viral Hepatitis, 5.1, 1, 2020, 41-45. doi: 10.21608/mjvh.2020.125630
Zakaria, S., mousa, N., Abdel-Razik, A., El-Bendary, M., Awad, M., Taha, A., Mousa, E., Yassen, A., Salama, K., Fathy, A., Diasty, M. (2020). 'Impact of COVID-19 pandemic on hospital admission for endoscopy unit; single center study', Medical Journal of Viral Hepatitis, 5.1(1), pp. 41-45. doi: 10.21608/mjvh.2020.125630
Zakaria, S., mousa, N., Abdel-Razik, A., El-Bendary, M., Awad, M., Taha, A., Mousa, E., Yassen, A., Salama, K., Fathy, A., Diasty, M. Impact of COVID-19 pandemic on hospital admission for endoscopy unit; single center study. Medical Journal of Viral Hepatitis, 2020; 5.1(1): 41-45. doi: 10.21608/mjvh.2020.125630
Impact of COVID-19 pandemic on hospital admission for endoscopy unit; single center study
1Tropical Medicine dept., Mansoura Univ., Mansoura, Egypt,
29 Mohamed Arafa street from Ahmed Maher street, Masoura, Dakahlia Governorate, Egypt
3Tropical Medicine dept., Mansoura Univ., Mansoura, Egypt
4Internal Medicine dept., Mansoura Univ., Mansoura, Egypt,
5Faculty of Medicine, October 6 Univ., Cairo, Egypt
6Faculty of Dentistry, Mansoura Univ., Mansoura, Egypt
7General Surgery, Damietta Cardiology and Gastroenterology Center, Damietta, Egypt
8Public Health & Community Medicine, Mansoura Univ., Mansoura, Egypt.
Abstract
Background: COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in exceptional human, public, and economic impacts worldwide. We aimed to evaluate the impact of COVID-19 on hospital admission for endoscopy unit during the COVID-19 pandemic, 2020 in com-parison to similar periods in non COVID-19, 2019. Methods: Data from endoscopy unit (between 1st April to the end of June 2020 were collected and compared to a similar pre-COVID-19period in 2019 as regards, hospitalization rate and endoscopy indication. Result: Compared with non COVID-19 period in 2019, there was a significant reduction during the similar period of COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 as regards; total number of patients who were admitted to endoscopy unit (p < 0.0001), admittion for diagnostic endoscopy due to persistent abdominal pain (14.76% versus 17.81%, p < 0.0001) and follow up band ligation of esophageal varices (48.70% Vs 50.52, p < 0.0001). No significant change between both studied times as regards hospital admission due to gastrointestinal bleeding (25.38% Vs 23.89, p= 0.51) and foreign body swallows. Admitted patients had a similar gender distribution in both studied periods (p= 0.61). In comparison to non COVID-19 times, the majority of admitted patients during pandemic time of COVID 19 were younger than 60 years (65.68% Vs 39.20%, p < 0.0001). Conclusion: Our result demonstrated a significantly lower admission rate for endoscopy during pandemic time of COVID-19 in comparison to similar non pandemic time in 2019, however, hospitalization for urgent endoscopy dose not affected by pandemic time especially for upper gastrointestinal bleeding, suspected malign-ancy and foreign body swallows.
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