Hospital Volumes of 5 Medical Emergencies in the COVID-19 Pandemic in 2 US Medical Centers

Hriday P Bhambhvani; Adrian J Rodrigues; Jonathan S Yu; James B Carr 2nd; Melanie Hayden Gephart

doi:10.1001/jamainternmed.2020.3982

Hospital Volumes of 5 Medical Emergencies in the COVID-19 Pandemic in 2 US Medical Centers

JAMA Intern Med. 2021 Feb 1;181(2):272-274. doi: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2020.3982.

Authors

Hriday P Bhambhvani¹, Adrian J Rodrigues¹, Jonathan S Yu², James B Carr 2nd², Melanie Hayden Gephart¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Neurosurgery, Stanford University Medical Center, Stanford, California.
² Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, New York.

Abstract

This cohort study assesses the association of the COVID-19 pandemic with the incidence of 5 medical emergencies (acute myocardial infarction, ischemic stroke, nontraumatic subarachnoid hemorrhage, ectopic pregnancy, and appendicitis) in 2 US academic medical centers.

Publication types

Multicenter Study

MeSH terms

Academic Medical Centers
Adult
Aged
Appendicitis / epidemiology
COVID-19 / epidemiology*
Emergencies*
Emergency Service, Hospital / statistics & numerical data*
Female
Humans
Incidence
Ischemic Stroke / epidemiology
Male
Middle Aged
Myocardial Infarction / epidemiology
Pandemics
Pregnancy
Pregnancy, Ectopic / epidemiology
SARS-CoV-2
Subarachnoid Hemorrhage / epidemiology
United States / epidemiology