Essential inpatient otolaryngology: what COVID-19 has revealed.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

To identify areas of critical otolaryngology contributions to inpatient care resistant to disruption by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Methods

Medical records of 614 otolaryngology consults seen between January and June of 2019 and 602 seen between January and June of 2020 were reviewed. Extracted data included patient demographics, SARS-CoV-2 status, medical comorbidities, consult location, consult category, reason for consult, procedures performed, and overall outcome. Prevalence of data items was compared using t tests and Chi-squared tests.

Results

The number of monthly consults to the otolaryngology service remained approximately stable after the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. However, there was a substantial increase in ICU consults and a decrease in ER and flo

SUBMITTER: Shomorony A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8272617 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature