Department of Transplant and Endocrine Surgery, Southmead Hospital, North Bristol NHS Trust, United Kingdom
Research Article
Impact of COVID-19 on Emergency General Surgical Admission during the Peak and Patientsâ?? Reported Satisfaction: A Busy Trauma Centre Experience in United Kingdom
Author(s): Sandeep Singh, Tarik Jichi*, Enna-Lisa Finch, Anive Grewal, Hayley Johnson and Haytham Sumrien
Aim: To assess the impact of COVID-19 on emergency general surgical admissions in a busy trauma centre during the first peak in the United Kingdom (UK).
Methods: Data was collected prospectively between March and April 2020 to compare with retrospectively collected data during an equivocal period in 2019. The main focus was the number of diagnostic computerized tomography (CT) scans and emergency surgeries performed during the COVID peak (Group A) as compared to a non-COVID period (Group B). We attempted to contact all the patients who were admitted under the emergency general surgical team during the study period to record their satisfaction.
Results: The total number of patients admitted in Group A and Group B was 191 and 272, respectively. In Group A, 41% patients had a COVID-19 swab on admission and only 8% of .. View More»
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