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. 2020 Oct;35(10):3129-3132.
doi: 10.1007/s11606-020-06027-2. Epub 2020 Jul 22.

Hospitalizations for Emergent Medical, Surgical, and Obstetric Conditions in Boston During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Timothy S Anderson  1   2 , Jennifer P Stevens  3   4   5 , Adlin Pinheiro  6 , Stephanie Li  5 , Shoshana J Herzig  6   3   5
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Hospitalizations for Emergent Medical, Surgical, and Obstetric Conditions in Boston During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Timothy S Anderson et al. J Gen Intern Med. 2020 Oct.
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Weekly trends in hospitalizations. a Overall hospitalizations. b Emergent hospitalizations. Note: Overall hospitalizations categorized by specialty of discharging service. COVID-19 hospitalizations were identified by an International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems, 10th revision (ICD-10) code of “U071 COVID-19, virus identified” or positive COVID-19 polymerase chain reaction testing during hospitalization or up to 14 days prior to hospitalization. Emergent conditions categorized using AHRQ Clinical Classification Software Refined categorization of ICD-10 primary discharge diagnosis codes. Acute medical conditions include acute myocardial infarction; cardiac arrest and ventricular fibrillation; cardiac dysrhythmias; arterial dissections; endocarditis and endocardial disease; myocarditis and cardiomyopathy; pericarditis and pericardial disease; acute hemorrhagic cerebrovascular disease; cerebral infarction; transient cerebral ischemia; gastrointestinal hemorrhage; acute pulmonary embolism; acute phlebitis, thrombophlebitis; and thromboembolism. Acute surgical conditions include appendicitis and other appendiceal conditions; gastrointestinal and biliary perforation; intestinal obstruction and ileus; and peritonitis and intra-abdominal abscess, and initial encounters for traumatic injuries including fractures, dislocations, traumatic brain and spinal cord injury, open wounds, crush injuries, and burns. Chronic disease exacerbations include hospitalizations for asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and bronchiectasis, diabetes, and heart failure. A total of 93 patients (0.7%) were categorized as “Not coded” due to missing discharge diagnosis codes, as 37 remained hospitalized at the time of data collection and 56 lacked billing data.
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