Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Emergency Care Utilization and Outcomes in Pediatric Patients with Intussusceptionopen access
- Authors
- Lee, Jin Hee; Ro, Young Sun; Kwon, Hyuksool; Suh, Dongbum; Moon, Sungwoo
- Issue Date
- 2월-2022
- Publisher
- MDPI
- Keywords
- COVID-19; intussusception; pediatric
- Citation
- CHILDREN-BASEL, v.9, no.2
- Indexed
- SCIE
SCOPUS
- Journal Title
- CHILDREN-BASEL
- Volume
- 9
- Number
- 2
- URI
- https://scholar.korea.ac.kr/handle/2021.sw.korea/140850
- DOI
- 10.3390/children9020277
- ISSN
- 2227-9067
- Abstract
- Background: We determined whether a decrease in healthcare utilization patterns during the COVID-19 pandemic affected the treatment process of pediatric patients with intussusception. Methods: Patients with suspected intussusception who had ICD-10 code K561 as their discharge diagnosis from the national database were selected, and those who underwent either radiologic and/or surgical reduction were defined as true intussusception patients. We compared the time periods from patients visiting the ED to ultrasound, radiologic reduction and/or surgical reduction between the study group (first half of 2020, COVID-19 period) and the control groups (control group 1: first half of 2019, control group 2: second half of 2019). Results: The number of suspected intussusception patients in each group was 1223, 1576, and 624, and the incidence rates were 7.85, 11.30, and 4.19 per 100,000 person-half-years (control group 1, control group 2, study group, respectively, p < 0.05). No differences in terms of the time from the ED visit to ultrasound, radiological reduction and/or surgical reduction were noted between the study group and the control groups. Conclusions: In Korea, the COVID-19 pandemic did not significantly affect the ED treatment process or the results of patients with intussusception.
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