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Table 2 Descriptive analysis of demographic and clinical data: 1st bimester 2020 compared to 1st bimester 2019

From: Impact of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic and associated restrictions on Pediatric Emergency Department utilization in Sardinia: a retrospective bicentric observational study

n = 10,780

1° bimester (Jan-Feb)

2019

2020

p-value

Δ

N. visits to PED, n (%)

5097 (47.3)

5683 (52.7)

-

11.5%

Males, n (%)

2679 (52.6)

3027 (53.3)

0.46

13.0%

Age < 2 years, n (%)

1486 (29.2)

1903 (33.5)

 < 0.0001

28.1%

Age 2–5 years, n (%)

2019 (39.6)

1946 (34.2)

 < 0.0001

-3.6%

Age 6–11 years, n (%)

1172 (23.0)

1462 (25.7)

0.001

24.7%

Age > 11, n (%)

420 (8.2)

372 (6.6)

0.001

-11.4%

Triage code

  Red, n (%)

11 (0.2)

11 (0.2)

1.00

0.0%

  Yellow, n (%)

548 (10.8)

518 (9.1)

0.03

-5.5%

  Green, n (%)

3717 (72.9)

3994 (70.3)

0.003

7.5%

  White, n (%)

821 (16.1)

1160 (20.4)

 < 0.0001

41.3%

  Discharge home, n (%)

4441 (87.1)

5017 (88.3)

0.06

13.0%

  Hospital admission, n (%)

656 (12.9)

666 (11.7)

0.06

1.5%

  Death, n (%)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

-

-

Reason for PED visit

  Acute respiratory disease

2277 (44.7)

2492 (43.9)

0.40

9.44%

  Gastrointestinal disease

871 (17.1)

908 (16.0)

0.12

4.3%

  Trauma

429 (8.4)

599 (10.5)

0.0002

39.6%

  Skin disorders

399 (7.8)

349 (6.1)

0.0004

-12.5%

  Miscellaneous

196 (3.9)

260 (4.6)

0.07

32.7%

  Neuropsychiatric disease

231 (4.5)

247 (4.4)

0.80

6.9%

  Fever

132 (2.6)

138 (2.4)

0.50

4.6%

  Ocular disease

97 (1.9)

127 (2.2)

0.27

30.9%

  Endocrine and metabolic disorder

118 (2.3)

100 (1.8)

0.06

-15.3%

  Pain

82 (1.6)

124 (2.2)

0.02

51.2%

  Cardiac disease

108 (2.1)

109 (1.9)

0.45

0.9%

  Acute surgical disease

69 (1.4)

82 (1.4)

1.00

18.8%

  Osteoarticular disease

69 (1.4)

106 (1.9)

0.04

53.6%

  Intoxication

19 (0.4)

42 (0.7)

0.04

121.1%

  1. PED Pediatric Emergency Department