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Table 5 Descriptive analysis of demographic and clinical data: 2nd bimester 2020 compared to 1st bimester 2020

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

 

1° bimester (Jan-Feb) 2020

2° bimester (Mar-Apr) 2020

p-value

Δ

No. visits to PED, n (%)

5683

1192

 

-79.0%

Males, n (%)

3027 (53.3)

647 (54.3)

0.53

-78.6%

Age < 2 years, n (%)

1903 (33.5)

402 (33.7)

0.89

-78.9%

Age 2–5 years, n (%)

1946 (34.2)

367 (30.8)

0.02

-81.1%

Age 6–11 years, n (%)

1462 (25.7)

323 (27.1)

0.32

-77.9%

Age > 11, n (%)

372 (6.6)

100 (8.4)

0.03

-73.1%

Triage code

  Red, n (%)

11 (0.2)

1 (0.1)

0.46

-90.9%

  Yellow, n (%)

518 (9.1)

101 (8.5)

0.51

-80.5%

  Green, n (%)

3994 (70.3)

906 (76.0)

0.0001

-77.3%

  White, n (%)

1160 (20.4)

184 (15.4)

0.0001

-84.1%

  Home discharge, n (%)

5017 (88.3)

962 (80.7)

 < 0.0001

-80.8%

  Hospital admission, n (%)

666 (11.7)

230 (19.3%)

 < 0.0001

-65.5%

  Death, n (%)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

-

-

Reason for PED visit

  Acute respiratory disease

2492 (43.9)

375 (31.5)

 < 0.0001

-85.0%

  Gastrointestinal disease

908 (16.0)

166 (13.9)

0.07

-81.7%

  Trauma

599 (10.5)

211 (17.7)

 < 0.0001

-64.8%

  Skin disorders

349 (6.1)

57 (4.8)

0.08

-83.7%

  Miscellaneous

260 (4.6)

100 (8.4)

 < 0.0001

-61.5%

  Neuropsychiatric disease

247 (4.4)

56 (4.7)

0.65

-77.3%

  Fever

138 (2.4)

38 (3.2)

0.11

-72.5%

  Ocular disease

127 (2.2)

27 (2.3)

0.83

-78.7%

  Endocrine and metabolic disorder

100 (1.8)

39 (3.3)

0.0009

-61.0%

  Pain

124 (2.2)

35 (2.9)

0.14

-71.8%

  Cardiac disease

109 (1.9)

15 (1.3)

0.16

-86.2%

  Acute surgical disease

82 (1.4)

42 (3.5)

 < 0.0001

-48.8%

  Osteoarticular disease

106 (1.9)

13 (1.1)

0.06

-87.7%

  Intoxication

42 (0.7)

18 (1.5)

0.006

-57.1%

  1. PED Pediatric Emergency Department