Patients avoided important care during the early weeks of the coronavirus pandemic: diverticulitis patients were more likely to present with an abscess on CT

• Published in: Emergency radiology Vol. 28; no. 2; pp. 279 - 282
• Main Authors: Zintsmaster, Michael P., Myers, Daniel T.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Cham Springer International Publishing 01.04.2021; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Abscess - diagnostic imaging; Abscesses; Chi-square test; Computed tomography; Coronaviruses; COVID-19; COVID-19 - epidemiology; Diverticulitis; Diverticulitis, Colonic - diagnostic imaging; Emergency medical services; Emergency Medicine; Female; Health services; Humans; Imaging; Male; Medicine; Medicine & Public Health; Original; Original Article; Pandemics; Patient Acceptance of Health Care; Patients; Physicians; Prevalence; Radiology; SARS-CoV-2; Snowstorms; Tomography, X-Ray Computed; COVID; COVID-19; Coronavirus; Diverticulitis; Abscess; Pandemic; Emergency; Delay

Purpose To evaluate the frequency with which patients with an urgent health concern, specifically diverticulitis, avoided appropriate medical care during the early weeks of the coronavirus pandemic of 2020 and to study the consequences of the resultant delay in care, the incidence of an associated a...