Variations in volume of emergency surgeries and emergency department access at a third level hospital in Milan, Lombardy, during the COVID-19 outbreak

Abstract Background During the recent outbreak of COVID-19 (coronavirus disease 2019), Lombardy was the most affected region in Italy, with 87,000 patients and 15,876 deaths up to May 26, 2020. Since February 22, 2020, well before the Government declared a state of emergency, there was a huge reduct...

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Main Authors: Laura Castoldi, Monica Solbiati, Giorgio Costantino, Elena Casiraghi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2021-05-01
Series:BMC Emergency Medicine
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12873-021-00445-z