Reduction in Pediatric Surgery’s Emergency Department Visits During COVID-19 Pandemic in a Tertiary University General Hospital in Greece

Abstract

to present the difference in trends in pediatric emergency department visits from March 1 to May 30, 2020, compared to the same 3-month period in 2019 in a tertiary university hospital. Even though there was a huge decrease in ER visit numbers, the reasons for visiting the ED remained roughly the same. The only exception was indoor accidents, which increased in 2020.