The study of variation in the Diagnostic Related Group Weight in a Complex Operative Units of Paediatrics and Paediatric Surgery due to CoViD-19 pandemic

Abstract

The CoViD-19 pandemic has unfortunately not spared the children. In most cases, the infection is asymptomatic and the serious outcomes are much lower than in adults. Despite this, as the hospital is committed to treating infected patients and limiting the spread of infections, pediatric surgery has also undergone the blocking of procedures deemed deferrable like other surgeries. In light of this, in this study it was decided to analyze how the activity of the Complex Operative Units (COUs) of Pediatrics and Pediatric Surgery in "San Giovanni di Dio and Ruggi d'Aragona" University Hospital of Salerno (Italy) was affected by the pandemic. Both statistical analysis and logistic regression show an increase of patients’ average age and of weight of Diagnostic Related Group (DRG).