Dental Emergencies Management in COVID-19 Pandemic Peak: A Cohort Study.

ABSTRACT: Due to the global coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic, the high risk of cross-contamination and the overload of hospital facilities have resulted in a real urgency for restricting dental emergency patient flow. In this context, the objectives of the current work were to 1) measure the ability of a triage-based management strategy to limit patient admission and 2) evaluate the success rate of both on-site and remote emergency management regarding symptom relief and pain control over a 1-mo period. We included all patients contacting the dental medicine department for an emergency consultation during the lockdown, between April 1 and April 30, 2020 (N = 570). Following a telephone consultation and based on preestablished admission guidelines, a decision was made at baseline (T0) to eith

SUBMITTER: Beauquis J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7868351 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature