Open AccessChanges in Surgical Volume and Outcomes During the Coronavirus Disease 2019 Pandemic at Two Tertiary Hospitals in Ethiopia: A Retrospective Cohort Study
Author(s) -
Amany K Alshibli,
Masresha G. Teklehaimanot,
Rahel Seyoum,
Gebrehiwot A. Tegu,
Haftom Birhane Desta,
Wu Gong,
Gosa Tesfaye,
Agenchew N Tsegaw,
Abraha Y Abay,
Naod Bulti Etanaa,
Mulat Mossie,
Kore Menjie Benwu,
Fantahun Tarekegn Kumie,
Hagos Gebregzabiher Gebremedhin,
Matthew D. McEvoy,
Mark Newton,
Bantayehu Sileshi
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
anesthesia and analgesia/anesthesia and analgesia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.404
H-Index - 201
eISSN - 1526-7598
pISSN - 0003-2999
DOI - 10.1213/ane.0000000000005946
Subject(s) - medicine , incidence (geometry) , pandemic , retrospective cohort study , poisson regression , perioperative , logistic regression , confidence interval , cohort , cohort study , rate ratio , emergency medicine , covid-19 , surgery , disease , environmental health , population , infectious disease (medical specialty) , physics , optics
Limited data exist concerning how the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has affected surgical care in low-resource settings. We sought to describe associations between the COVID-19 pandemic and surgical care and outcomes at 2 tertiary hospitals in Ethiopia.