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Impact of COVID-19 pandemic on hospital admission for endoscopy unit; single center study

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Last updated: 03 Jan 2025

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Background: COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in exceptional human, public, and economic impacts worldwide. We aimed to evaluate the impact of COVID-19 on hospital admission for endoscopy unit during the COVID-19 pandemic, 2020 in com-parison to similar periods in non COVID-19, 2019. Methods: Data from endoscopy unit (between 1st April to the end of June 2020 were collected and compared to a similar pre-COVID-19period in 2019 as regards, hospitalization rate and endoscopy indication. Result: Compared with non COVID-19 period in 2019, there was a significant reduction during the similar period of COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 as regards; total number of patients who were admitted to endoscopy unit (p < 0.0001), admittion for diagnostic endoscopy due to persistent abdominal pain (14.76% versus 17.81%, p < 0.0001) and follow up band ligation of esophageal varices (48.70% Vs 50.52, p < 0.0001). No significant change between both studied times as regards hospital admission due to gastrointestinal bleeding (25.38% Vs 23.89, p= 0.51) and foreign body swallows. Admitted patients had a similar gender distribution in both studied periods (p= 0.61). In comparison to non COVID-19 times, the majority of admitted patients during pandemic time of COVID 19 were younger than 60 years (65.68% Vs 39.20%, p < 0.0001). Conclusion: Our result demonstrated a significantly lower admission rate for endoscopy during pandemic time of COVID-19 in comparison to similar non pandemic time in 2019, however, hospitalization for urgent endoscopy dose not affected by pandemic time especially for upper gastrointestinal bleeding, suspected malign-ancy and foreign body swallows.

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10.21608/mjvh.2020.125630

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COVID-19, Endoscopy, Gastrointestinal bleeding, hospital admission

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Sahar

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Zakaria

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Tropical Medicine dept., Mansoura Univ., Mansoura, Egypt,

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sahar_mnm3@yahoo.com

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Nasser

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mousa

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9 Mohamed Arafa street from Ahmed Maher street, Masoura, Dakahlia Governorate, Egypt

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mousa_medic@yahoo.com

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Mansoura

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Ahmed

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Abdel-Razik

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Tropical Medicine dept., Mansoura Univ., Mansoura, Egypt

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Mahmoud

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El-Bendary

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Tropical Medicine dept., Mansoura Univ., Mansoura, Egypt

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Mahmoud

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Awad

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Internal Medicine dept., Mansoura Univ., Mansoura, Egypt,

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Ahmed

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Taha

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Faculty of Medicine, October 6 Univ., Cairo, Egypt

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Eman

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Mousa

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Faculty of Dentistry, Mansoura Univ., Mansoura, Egypt

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eman.nasser.mousa@gmail.com

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Ahmed

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Yassen

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Tropical Medicine dept., Mansoura Univ., Mansoura, Egypt

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Kamal

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Salama

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General Surgery, Damietta Cardiology and Gastroenterology Center, Damietta, Egypt

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Aya Ahmed

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Fathy

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Public Health & Community Medicine, Mansoura Univ., Mansoura, Egypt.

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Muhammad

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Diasty

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Tropical Medicine dept., Mansoura Univ., Mansoura, Egypt

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5.1

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1

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18818

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2020-11-01

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2020-09-01

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2020-11-01

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41

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45

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2314-8748

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2314-8756

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Medical Journal of Viral Hepatitis

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Impact of COVID-19 pandemic on hospital admission for endoscopy unit; single center study

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22 Jan 2023