Impact of ICU bed availability on ovarian cancer surgical hospitalization rates during the first wave of the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic
AUTOR(ES)
Moterani, Vinicius Cesar; Moterani Junior, Nino Jose Wilson; Pimentel, Franklin Fernandes; Reis, Francisco Jose Candido dos
FONTE
Revista da Associação Médica Brasileira
DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO
2022
RESUMO
SUMMARY OBJECTIVES: The coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic, which began in 2020, disrupted healthcare services. Reports of changes in surgical activities coincide with the outbreak period. We aimed to identify if changes could be determined in hospitalization rates of ovarian cancer patients from 2016 to 2020, comparing pre-pandemic and pandemic levels. METHODS: Aggregated data were obtained from the State of São Paulo Secretary of Health regarding ovarian cancer clinical and surgical hospitalization, both Coronavirus disease-specific ICU and infirmary bed occupation rates, average social distancing rates, coronavirus disease 2019 incidence, mortality, and lethality rates. We performed the joinpoint analysis to verify if there were changes regarding hospitalization rates during this period. We also calculated hospitalization rate ratios and tested if they were correlated with pandemic-related variables. RESULTS: Hospitalization rates in the state fell, coinciding with the pandemic. Surgical hospitalization rate ratios were inversely correlated with Coronavirus disease-specific ICU bed occupation rates during the third trimester of 2020, with a Pearson's correlation coefficient of −0.50 (95%CI −0.78 to −0.05, p=0.03). CONCLUSION: These results demonstrate the impact of the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic on the treatment of conditions that compete for the same healthcare resources.
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