TY - JOUR T1 - Effects Of the Pandemic on Emergency Department Visits AU - Özdemir, Serdar PY - 2022 DA - August Y2 - 2022 JF - Deneysel ve Klinik Tıp Dergisi JO - J. Exp. Clin. Med. PB - Ondokuz Mayıs University WT - DergiPark SN - 1309-4483 SP - 920 EP - 921 VL - 39 IS - 3 LA - en AB - We read with great interest the article titled “The effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on acute appendicitis cases” prepared by Büyükakıncak et al. and published in the 2022 second issue of your journal. We thank the authors and editorial board for this article that discus the non-COVID-19 effects of the pandemic on public health. As an emergency medicine specialist, we would like to make a few contributions to the discussion on the impact of the pandemic on emergency department presentations. KW - COVID-19 KW - SARS-CoV-2 KW - Pandemic KW - Emergency Services CR - Büyükakincak S, Turan M, Ateş G, Mataracı E, Aydın A. The effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on acute appendicitis cases. J Exp Clin Med. 2022; 39(2): 398-402. CR - Koca F. Promotion of scientific research on COVID-19 in Turkey. Lancet. 2020; 396(10253):e25-6. DOI:10.1016/S0140-6736(20)31864-X CR - Özdemir S, Akça HŞ, Algın A, Altunok İ, Eroğlu SE. Effectiveness of the rapid emergency medicine score and the rapid acute physiology score in prognosticating mortality in patients presenting to the emergency department with COVID-19 symptoms. Am J Emerg Med. 2021 Nov;49:259-264. doi: 10.1016/j.ajem.2021.06.020. CR - Cao H, Zuo C, Li G, et al. A Cross-Sectional Study of Psychological Status in Different Epidemic Areas in China After the COVID-19 Outbreak. Front Psychiatry. 2020;11:575705. doi:10.3389/fpsyt.2020.575705 CR - Özdemir S, Akça HŞ, Algın A, et al. The effect of the Coronavirus 2019 pandemic on the mental health of healthcare workers Ann Clin Anal Med. 2021;12(12):1348-1352. doi: 10.4328/ACAM.20745 CR - Aktura B, Koç K, Derinpınar MA, Aktura, N. Hayat Eve Sığar uygulaması yoğunluk haritasından İstanbul’un ilçeleri ve bölgelerinin Covid-19 riskinin skorlanması. Ankara Med J. 2021; 21(1):217-9. doi:10.5505/amj.2021.48379 CR - Çıkrıkçı Işık G, Çevik Y. Impact of COVID-19 pandemic on visits of an urban emergency department. Am J Emerg Med. 2021 Apr;42:78-82. doi: 10.1016/j.ajem.2021.01.011. CR - Ozdemir S. Patient with Profound Anemia due to Hemorrhoids during the Pandemic Period. J Coll Physicians Surg Pak. 2021; 31(Supp2):160. doi: 10.29271/jcpsp.2021.Supp2.S160 UR - https://dergipark.org.tr/en/pub/omujecm/article/1090601 L1 - https://dergipark.org.tr/en/download/article-file/2321111 ER -