Stranger Months: How SARS-CoV-2, Fear of Contagion, and Lockdown Measures Impacted Attendance and Clinical Activity During February and March 2020 at an Urban Emergency Department in Milan.
Stefano FranchiniMarzia SpessotGiovanni LandoniCecilia PianiChiara CappellettiFederica MarianiSimona MauriMaria Vittoria TagliettiManuela FortunatoFederico FurlanBarbara GuglielmiEleonora SettiDavide Di NapoliGiovanni BorghiFederico PascucciGeorge Ujlaki-FormentiRiccardo SannicandroMatteo MoroSergio ColomboLorenzo DagnaAntonella CastagnaMoreno TresoldiPatrizia Rovere-QueriniAlberto AmbrosioFabio CiceriAlberto ZangrilloMichele CarlucciRoberto FaccincaniPublished in: Disaster medicine and public health preparedness (2020)
The COVID-19 outbreak determined an unprecedented upsurge in respiratory failure cases and mortality. Fear of contagion triggered a spontaneous, marked reduction of ED attendance, and, presumably, some as yet unknown quantity of missed or delayed diagnoses for conditions other than COVID-19.
Keyphrases
- sars cov
- emergency department
- respiratory failure
- extracorporeal membrane oxygenation
- mechanical ventilation
- respiratory syndrome coronavirus
- prefrontal cortex
- coronavirus disease
- cardiovascular events
- acute respiratory distress syndrome
- risk factors
- type diabetes
- intensive care unit
- cardiovascular disease
- adverse drug