Table 1 Descriptive statistics of ED visits and admission as well as the pediatric emergency procedures and resuscitation interventions performed in the PEM training centers in selected months in 2019 and 2020
From: Impact of COVID-19 on pediatric emergency fellowship training in Saudi Arabia
Parameter | Total number | Median (IQR) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2019 | 2020 | ∆n | 2019 | 2020 | p* | |
Total ED visits | 203948 | 61048 | 70.1% ↓ | 5028.5 (1625–8616.5) | 1361.5 (587.5–2247.5) |  < 0.001 |
ED admission | 7345 | 3138 | 57.3% ↓ | 224.5 (46.5–349.8) | 90 (21.3–147.3) | 0.005 |
Intubation | 303 | 113 | 62.7% ↓ | 4.0 (2.0–17.0) | 3.0 (1.8–6.0) | 0.071 |
Intraosseous needle insertion | 129 | 30 | 76.7% ↓ | 2.0 (0.8–7.3) | 1.0 (0–2.0) | 0.029 |
Lumbar puncture | 992 | 374 | 62.3% ↓ | 14.0 (5.0–35.3) | 6.5 (4.0–21.3) | 0.048 |
Neonatal resuscitation | 188 | 140 | 25.5% ↓ | 6.0 (1.0–12.0) | 2.5 (0.39.0) | 0.325 |
Pediatric resuscitation | 333 | 300 | 09.9% ↓ | 6.0 (1.0–23.3) | 3.5 (1.0–8.0) | 0.296 |
Major trauma resuscitation | 51 | 36 | 29.4% ↓ | 2.0 (0–4.0) | 0.5 (0–3.5) | 0.186 |