A retrospective study at a tertiary university hospital to determine the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on the emergency surgery practice in the hospital.
The investigators conducted a retrospective review of all the patients who were admitted to the surgical wards through the emergency department at the Jordan University Hospital in the periods from March 2020 to May 2020. The records were compared to those of the patients who were admitted in the same period from the year 2019. Data collection includes the number of admissions, the reason for admission, the average of symptoms duration until admission, the age of the patients admitted, gender, type of management, and the average length of stay before discharging the patients.
Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Enrollment
344
Observational study, the study did not involve any interventions
Ibrahim Khrais
Amman, Please Select, Jordan
Average duration of sx prior to admission in hours
Time frame: 1 year
Type of management (surgical vs conservative)
Time frame: 1 year
Length of stays in Days
Time frame: 1 year
Level of care (ICU vs floor)
Time frame: 1 year
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