Table 3 Numbers and change in given diagnoses of inpatient admissions in emergency departments in the participating hospitals six weeks before and six weeks after the start of lockdown on March 16
From: The effect of national lockdown due to COVID-19 on emergency department visits
six weeks before | six weeks after | ||
|---|---|---|---|
n | n | Change (%) | |
Total number of inpatient admissions | 6606 | 5620 | −14.9 |
Inpatient admissions due: | |||
-Back or limb pain (M00-M99) | 152 | 119 | −21.7 |
-Cerebral infarction (I60-I69) | 245 | 247 | 0.8 |
-COVID19 suspected or detected (U07) a | 1 | 54 | 5300.0 |
-Gastrointestinal disease (K00-K99) | 644 | 594 | −7.8 |
-Infectious diseases (A00-B99) | 317 | 220 | −30.6 |
-Injury (S00-S99 & T00-T49) | 800 | 714 | −10.8 |
-Myocardial infarction (I20-I25) | 302 | 297 | −1.7 |
-Other | 2553 | 2039 | −20.1 |
-Other heart disease (I30-I52) | 553 | 447 | −19.2 |
-Psychiatric disease (F00-F99) | 211 | 211 | 0.0 |
-Respiratory infection (J00-J99) | 554 | 472 | −14.8 |
-Urinary disease (N00-N99) | 274 | 206 | −24.8 |