Effects Of the Pandemic on Emergency Department Visits

Abstract

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.

Keywords

• COVID-19
• SARS-CoV-2
• Pandemic
• Emergency Services

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