The influence of coronavirus disease 2019 on emergency department visits in Nanjing, China: A multicentre cross-sectional study

Influenza has been linked to the crowding in emergency departments (ED) across the world. The impact of the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic on China EDs has been quite different from those during past influenza outbreaks. Our objective was to determine if COVID-19 changed ED visit disease severity during the pandemic.

Source: The American Journal of Emergency Medicine - August 8, 2020 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Hao Sun, Keqin Liu, Meng Li, Shaowen Tang, Andrew A. Monte, Jun Wang, Shinan Nie, Qinglin Rui, Wenge Liu, Haidong Qin, Xiao Tan, Haibin Ni, Wenxin Yang, Congjian Zhu, Runhua Yang, Tianhao Yu, Shengwei Wang, Hao Jiang, Xiaofeng Chen, Wei Zhang, Yi Zhu, Hua Source Type: research