Comparing the first and second waves of COVID-19 in a tertiary university hospital in Barcelona.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Hospitals have constituted the limiting resource of the healthcare systems for the management of the COVID-19 pandemic. As the pandemic progressed, knowledge of the disease improved, and healthcare systems were expected to be more adapted to provide a more efficient response. The objective of this research was to compare the flow of COVID-19 patients in emergency rooms and hospital wards, between the pandemic's first and second waves at the University Hospital of Vall d'Hebron (Barcelona, Spain), and to compare the profiles, severity and mortality of COVID-19 patients between the two waves.

Methods

A retrospective observational analysis of COVID-19 patients attending the hospital from February 24 to April 26, 2020 (first wave) and from July 24, 2020, to May 18, 20

SUBMITTER: Cossio Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9350435 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature