The Impact of the First COVID-19 Lockdown Period on the Inpatient and Outpatient Volume of a University Based Tertiary Referral Center with Corneal Subspecialization in Germany.

IF 2.6 Q2 Agricultural and Biological Sciences

Copeia Pub Date : 2022-06-09 eCollection Date: 2022-01-01 DOI:10.2147/OPTH.S335551

Nadir Maiassi, Kassandra Xanthopoulou, Ursula Löw, Berthold Seitz

{"title":"The Impact of the First COVID-19 Lockdown Period on the Inpatient and Outpatient Volume of a University Based Tertiary Referral Center with Corneal Subspecialization in Germany.","authors":"Nadir Maiassi, Kassandra Xanthopoulou, Ursula Löw, Berthold Seitz","doi":"10.2147/OPTH.S335551","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"Background/aims: To determine the impact of COVID-19 on the number of in- and outpatients surgical and diagnostic procedures performed at a southwestern German university hospital with corneal subspecialization.Methods: A retrospective examination of the number of inpatients, several outpatients subunits, in- and outpatient surgeries as well as diagnostic procedures at the Department of Ophthalmology, Saarland University Medical Centre during the COVID-19 pandemic \"lockdown period\" from 18 March until 8 May 2020 in comparison with the corresponding period in 2019 (source: SAP database and electronic patient record FIDUS).Results: The year 2020 showed a significant decrease in the number of inpatient surgeries with a total number of 285 vs 412 in 2019. However, the number of corneal transplantations increased significantly (60 in 2020 vs 54 in 2019, p=0.0089). In the various outpatient units of our department, we observed a significant decrease in the number of consultations (1.711 in 2020 vs 3.194 in 2019), especially for cataract surgery consultations (34 vs 137, p<0.0001). The number of outpatient surgeries was significantly reduced in 2020, especially for cataract surgery (64 vs 216, p=0.007) and intravitreal injections (577 vs 768, p<0.0001).Conclusion: Despite taking all the necessary precautions to ensure that our medical care can continue to be available reliably and completely safe during the \"Corona lockdown period\", the number of in- and outpatient surgeries and the number of outpatient consultations decreased significantly. However, the number of corneal transplantations still increased.","PeriodicalId":10701,"journal":{"name":"Copeia","volume":"1986 1","pages":"1795-1805"},"PeriodicalIF":2.6000,"publicationDate":"2022-06-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9191194/pdf/","citationCount":"1","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Copeia","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.2147/OPTH.S335551","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"2022/1/1 0:00:00","PubModel":"eCollection","JCR":"Q2","JCRName":"Agricultural and Biological Sciences","Score":null,"Total":0}

引用次数: 1

Abstract

Background/aims: To determine the impact of COVID-19 on the number of in- and outpatients surgical and diagnostic procedures performed at a southwestern German university hospital with corneal subspecialization.

Methods: A retrospective examination of the number of inpatients, several outpatients subunits, in- and outpatient surgeries as well as diagnostic procedures at the Department of Ophthalmology, Saarland University Medical Centre during the COVID-19 pandemic "lockdown period" from 18 March until 8 May 2020 in comparison with the corresponding period in 2019 (source: SAP database and electronic patient record FIDUS).

Results: The year 2020 showed a significant decrease in the number of inpatient surgeries with a total number of 285 vs 412 in 2019. However, the number of corneal transplantations increased significantly (60 in 2020 vs 54 in 2019, p=0.0089). In the various outpatient units of our department, we observed a significant decrease in the number of consultations (1.711 in 2020 vs 3.194 in 2019), especially for cataract surgery consultations (34 vs 137, p<0.0001). The number of outpatient surgeries was significantly reduced in 2020, especially for cataract surgery (64 vs 216, p=0.007) and intravitreal injections (577 vs 768, p<0.0001).

Conclusion: Despite taking all the necessary precautions to ensure that our medical care can continue to be available reliably and completely safe during the "Corona lockdown period", the number of in- and outpatient surgeries and the number of outpatient consultations decreased significantly. However, the number of corneal transplantations still increased.

查看原文本刊更多论文

第一次COVID-19封锁期对德国一家大学三级转诊中心角膜亚专科住院和门诊人数的影响

背景/目的:确定COVID-19对德国西南部大学医院角膜亚专科住院和门诊手术和诊断手术数量的影响。方法:回顾性检查2020年3月18日至5月8日2019冠状病毒病大流行“封锁期”期间萨尔大学医学中心眼科的住院患者数量、几个门诊亚单位、门诊手术以及诊断程序，并与2019年同期进行比较(来源:SAP数据库和电子病历FIDUS)。结果:2020年住院手术数量明显减少，从2019年的412例减少到285例。然而，角膜移植数量显著增加(2020年为60例，2019年为54例，p=0.0089)。在我科各门诊单元，我们观察到就诊次数明显减少(2020年为1.711次，2019年为3.194次)，特别是白内障手术就诊次数(34次，2019年为137次)，p。尽管采取了一切必要的预防措施，以确保我们的医疗服务在“冠状病毒封锁期间”能够继续可靠和完全安全地提供，但门诊和门诊手术的数量以及门诊咨询的数量仍大幅减少。然而，角膜移植的数量仍在增加。

本文章由计算机程序翻译，如有差异，请以英文原文为准。

求助全文

约1分钟内获得全文求助全文

来源期刊

Copeia 生物-动物学

CiteScore

2.10

自引率

0.00%

发文量

审稿时长

6-12 weeks

期刊介绍： Founded in 1913, Copeia is a highly respected international journal dedicated to the publication of high quality, original research papers on the behavior, conservation, ecology, genetics, morphology, evolution, physiology, systematics and taxonomy of extant and extinct fishes, amphibians, and reptiles. Copeia is published electronically and is available through BioOne. Articles are published online first, and print issues appear four times per year. In addition to research articles, Copeia publishes invited review papers, book reviews, and compiles virtual issues on topics of interest drawn from papers previously published in the journal.