Abstract
The onset of the COVID-19 pandemic has caused lower emergency department (ED) volume in the US and globally with many cities experiencing fewer patients seeking health care at hospitals. Initial low ED volumes were attributed to stay-at-home orders because of fear of contracting severe respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The objective of this study is to assess whether these changes have affected the surgical burden at an urban tertiary county hospital emergency department. Several operating rooms (OR) were converted to COVID units to accommodate the increased COVID patient volume.
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