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논문명

Impact of the early phase of the COVID-19 pandemic on emergency department-to-intensive care unit admissions in Korea: An interrupted time-series analysis

저자정보

Kyung-Shin Lee, Changwoo Han, Hye Sook Min, Jeehye Lee, Seok Hwa Youn, Younghwan Kim, Jae Young Moon, Young Seok Lee, Su Jin Kim, Ho Kyung Sung

학술지명

BMC Emergency Medicine

개요

Among the 555,793 adul* ED-to-ICU admissions, the number of ED-to-ICU admissions during the pandemic decreased compared to that before the pandemic (step change, 0.916; 95% confidence interval [CI] 0.869–0.966], although the trend did not attain statistical significance (slope change, 0.997; 95% CI 0.991–1.003). The proportion of patients who arrived by emergency medical services, those transferred from other hospitals, and those with injuries declined significantly among the number of ED-to-ICU admissions during the pandemic. The proportion of in-hospital deaths significantly increased during the pandemic (step change, 1.054; 95% CI 1.003–1.108); however, the trend did not attain statistical significance (slope change, 1.001; 95% CI 0.996–1.007). Mortality rates in patients with an ED length of stay of ≥ 6 h until admission to the ICU rose abruptly following the onset of the pandemic (step change, 1.169; 95% CI 1.021–1.339).

과제정보

[I_2022_007] 코로나19 팬데믹이 응급의료 이용에 미치는 영향