The impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on emergency surgery in a tertiary hospital in Jordan. A cross sectional study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Since the emergence of COVID-19 pandemic, governments around the world reacted by implementing curfews and sometimes nation-wide lockdowns intended to control the spread of the disease and help the already overwhelmed healthcare systems from imminent collapse. The Jordanian government was one of those countries that implemented a complete nation-wide lockdown which lasted for 3 months during the peak months of 2020. The aim of this study is to shed the light on the impact of this lockdown on the surgical emergency practice at a tertiary referral center in Amman, the capital of Jordan.

Methods

A retrospective review of the medical records of the patients who were admitted to the hospital through the emergency department over the lock-down months in 2020 and compare

SUBMITTER: Rashdan M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8087663 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature