What had changed in patient incoming to ear, nose and throat policlinics during COVID-19 Pandemic?
What had changed in patient incoming to ear, nose and throat policlinics during COVID-19 Pandemic?
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Covid-19 Pandemic had significant effects on the diagnosis and treatment process of the patients incoming to ENT (ear-nose-throat) policlinics.In this study, we aimed to evaluate the changes caused by covid-19 pandemic on the patient profiles and visiting reasons between the pre-pandemic and pandemic same periods.The data of the patients t jazelle bracelet who had visited the ENT policlinics between 01.
09.2020-31.12.
2020 and the pre-pandemic same period (01.09.2019-31.
12.2019) is collected from the automation system of our hospital and evaluated retrospectively.The number of incoming patients to ENT policlinics had decreased by 55.
38% in 2020 when compared to the same period in 2019.The percentage of patients with facial paralysis is graham c+ cream seen to increase in 2020.Both the percentage and number of patients with upper respiratory tract infections other than covid-19 and pediatric tonsillitis and adenoiditis are seen to decrease in 2020.
However, it is observed that the patient incomings with upper respiratory tract infections other than the covid-19 and pediatric tonsillitis and adenoiditis are decreased because of the precautions taken to prevent the spread of the covid-19 infection, this decrease in patient incomings to the hospital is thought to have adverse effects on the diagnose and treatment of many other diseases.[Med-Science 2023; 12(2.000): 532-5].