• Rev Esp Quimioter · Aug 2020

    [Impact of Spanish Public Health Measures on Emergency Visits and COVID- 19 diagnosed cases during the pandemic in Madrid].

    • F J Martín-Sánchez, A Valls Carbó, A López Picado, C Martínez-Valero, J D Miranda, J M Leal Pozuleo, and J González Del Castillo.
    • Francisco Javier Martín-Sánchez, Emergency Department, Hospital Clínico San Carlos. Profesor Martín Lagos s/n. 28400. Madrid. Spain. fjjms@hotmail.com.
    • Rev Esp Quimioter. 2020 Aug 1; 33 (4): 274-277.

    ObjectiveChanges in Public Health recommendations may have changed the number of emergency visits and COVID-19 diagnosed cases in an Emergency Department in Madrid.MethodsThis retrospective case series study included all consecutive patients in a tertiary and urban ED in Madrid from 1st to 31st March. The sample was divided: NonCOVID-19, Non-investigated COVID-19, Possible COVID-19, Probable COVID-19, Confirmed COVID-19. Differences between public health periods were tested by ANOVA for each cohort, and by ANCOVA including the number of PCR tests (%) as covariate.ResultsA total of 7,163 (4,071 Non-COVID-19, 563 Non-investigated COVID-19, 870 Possible, 648 Probable and 1,011 Confirmed COVID-19) cases were included. Public Health measurements applied during each period showed a clear effect on the case proportion for the five cohorts.ConclusionsThe variability of case definitions and diagnostic test criteria may have impact on the number of emergency visits and COVID-19 diagnosed cases in Emergency Department.©The Author 2020. Published by Sociedad Española de Quimioterapia. This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0)(https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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