Abstract:

Purpose: This study aims to identify the change in the number of ischemic and hemorrhagic injury patients who apply for emergency service in COVID-19 pandemic and in the 30-day mortality. Method: The work was carried out in the emergency service of a university hospital. In the period from 11 March 2019 to 11 March 2021, the patient was examined retrospectively. The period between 11 March 2019 and 11 March 2020 was preceded by the pandemic and after 11 March 2020 was considered the pandemic period. The patient’s gender, type of infestation (skemic/hemorrhagic), treatment unit and 30-day mortality status changes in the pandemic have been studied. The ethical board has been approved for the work. The study included 586 infection patients. The rate of pre-pandemic ischemic injury is 72.4% (n:181) while 92% in the period of pandemic. It increased to 3 (n:310) and the rate of hemorrhagic injury fell from 27.6% (n:69) to 7.7% (n:26) (p<0.001). In the pandemic period, there were no statistically significant changes in patients’ gender, mortality of 30 days and the unit they received treatment (respectively, p=0.534; p=0.147; 0.905). The result: there was an increase in the number of ischemic injury applying for emergency service during Pandemia and a decrease in the number of hemorrhagic injury. This is the cause of COVID-19.

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