Open AccessHospital admissions from alcohol-related acute pancreatitis during the COVID-19 pandemic: A single-centre study
Author(s) -
Wai Kin Mak,
Davide Di Mauro,
Eleanor Pearce,
Laura Karran,
Aye Myintmo,
Jessica Duckworth,
Amira Orabi,
Rebekah Lane,
Sophie Holloway,
Antonio Manzelli,
Somayyeh Mossadegh
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
world journal of clinical cases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.368
H-Index - 10
ISSN - 2307-8960
DOI - 10.12998/wjcc.v10.i25.8837
Subject(s) - medicine , pandemic , covid-19 , demography , acute pancreatitis , demographics , alcohol consumption , emergency medicine , pediatrics , alcohol , disease , infectious disease (medical specialty) , biochemistry , chemistry , sociology
The United Kingdom government introduced lockdown restrictions for the first time on 23 March 2020 due to coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. These were partially lifted on 15 June and further eased on 4 July. Changes in social behaviour, including increased alcohol consumption were described at the time. However, there were no data available to consider the impact of these changes on the number of alcohol-related disease admissions, specifically alcohol-related acute pancreatitis (AP). This study evaluated the trend of alcohol-related AP admissions at a single centre during the initial COVID-19 lockdown.