Acute poisoning among patients attended to in an emergency department: from the pre-pandemic period to the new normality

The COVID-19 pandemic has caused global changes that affect the daily life of the world's population, with a direct impact on individuals’ physical and mental health as well as on their social and recreational habits. This study aimed to retrospectively analyze the demographic and clinical char...

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Published in:Revista clínica espanõla (English edition) 2022-08, Vol.222 (7), p.406-411
Main Authors: Caballero-Bermejo, A.F., Ortega-Pérez, J., Frontera-Juan, G., Homar-Amengual, C., Barceló-Martín, B., Puiguriguer-Ferrando, J.
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Language:English
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Acute poisoning
Cambios clínicos
Cambios epidemiológicos
Clinical patterns
COVID-19
Emergency department
Epidemiological patterns
Intoxicaciones agudas
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Servicio de Urgencias
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Summary:The COVID-19 pandemic has caused global changes that affect the daily life of the world's population, with a direct impact on individuals’ physical and mental health as well as on their social and recreational habits. This study aimed to retrospectively analyze the demographic and clinical characteristics of patients attended to for acute poisoning in a hospital emergency department (ED) at three different periods of time: pre-pandemic (2019), after strict lockdown of the population in Spain (2020), and post-pandemic (2021). We analyzed 2 months (June and July) in each period. A total of 1,182 cases of acute poisoning were included. Compared to the pre-pandemic period, during lockdown, the number of patients with acute poisoning decreased (2019: 1.9% vs. 2020: 1.5%; p 
ISSN:2254-8874
2254-8874
DOI:10.1016/j.rceng.2022.02.004