Variable impact of COVID-19 on urgent intervention in Ontario

Br J Surg. 2021 Aug 19;108(8):e266-e267. doi: 10.1093/bjs/znab121.

Authors

C de Mestral^{1

2

3}, D Gomez^{2

3}, C Sue-Chue-Lam³, F Dossa³, J Nantais³, A N Simpson^{2

4}, D Urbach^{2

3}, P C Austin², A S Wilton², N N Baxter^{2

5}

Affiliations

¹ Division of Vascular Surgery, St Michael's Hospital, Unity Health Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
² ICES, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
³ Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
⁴ Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
⁵ Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.

Abstract

COVID-19 had a variable impact on urgent interventions among hospitalized patients in Ontario Canada.

MeSH terms

COVID-19 / epidemiology*
Emergency Service, Hospital / organization & administration
Emergency Service, Hospital / statistics & numerical data*
Facilities and Services Utilization
Health Priorities
Humans
Ontario / epidemiology
Pandemics*
SARS-CoV-2
Surgical Procedures, Operative / statistics & numerical data*

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