Comparison of non-COVID-19 critically ill patients between pre-pandemic and pandemic period admitted from emergency department to internal medicine intensive care unit

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dc.contributor.authorBozgul, Sukriye Miray Kilincer
dc.contributor.authorKurtulmus, Ilkce Akgun
dc.contributor.authorZihni, Figen Yargucu
dc.contributor.authorYilmaz, Mumtaz
dc.contributor.authorAkarca, Funda Karbek
dc.contributor.authorAydoğan, Deniz Can
dc.contributor.authorOzkilic, Baris
dc.date.accessioned2024-08-31T07:32:04Z
dc.date.available2024-08-31T07:32:04Z
dc.date.issued2024
dc.departmentEge Üniversitesien_US
dc.description.abstractAim: During the COVID-19 pandemic, a large number of intensive care unit beds have been organized for critically ill COVID-19 patients. However, the need for intensive care for non-COVID-19 critical patients continues. In our study, we aimed to compare non-COVID-19 critically ill patients admitted to the internal medicine intensive care unit from the emergency department before and during the pandemic period. Materials and Methods: Patients who were admitted to the internal medicine intensive care unit from the emergency department were grouped as pre-pandemic (March 2018-March 2020) and during the pandemic (March 2020-March 2022) and compared retrospectively in terms of the number of hospitalisations, demographic characteristics, length of intensive care unit stay and mortality. Results: The number of emergency department patient admissions other than surgical reasons was 579.657 during the study period. 63.33 % of these patients were admitted before the pandemic and 36.67% during the pandemic period. The number of patients included in our study was 493 before the pandemic and 460 during the pandemic period. Median age was 61 (30) in the pre-pandemic period and 64 (26.8) in the pandemic period, p=0.022. There was no significant difference in terms of comorbidities. The main reason for hospitalization was similar and sepsis was the leading reason for hospitalization. The frequency of acute renal failure in intensive care unit was significantly higher during the pandemic period. Mortality was 25.2% before the pandemic and 24.3% during the pandemic period, p=0.760. Conclusion: Although emergency department admissions decreased, the number of non-COVID-19 internal medicine intensive care unit hospitalizations did not decrease. This situation reveals the importance of organizing intensive care beds for hospitalization for non-COVID-19 reasons in order not to disrupt health services during the pandemic period.en_US
dc.identifier.endpage114en_US
dc.identifier.issn1016-9113
dc.identifier.issn2147-6500
dc.identifier.issue1en_US
dc.identifier.startpage106en_US
dc.identifier.trdizinid1227903en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://search.trdizin.gov.tr/tr/yayin/detay/1227903
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/11454/103720
dc.identifier.volume63en_US
dc.indekslendigikaynakTR-Dizinen_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.relation.ispartofEge Tıp Dergisien_US
dc.relation.publicationcategoryMakale - Ulusal Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanıen_US
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessen_US
dc.snmz20240831_Uen_US
dc.subjectIntensive care uniten_US
dc.subjectmortalityen_US
dc.subjectpandemicen_US
dc.subjectCOVID-19.en_US
dc.titleComparison of non-COVID-19 critically ill patients between pre-pandemic and pandemic period admitted from emergency department to internal medicine intensive care uniten_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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