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Table 10 Incidence of top 10 most common primary diagnoses in admitted medical patients in the pre and pandemic first wave period

From: Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on emergency department attendances and acute medical admissions

Diagnosis

Pre-pandemic

1st pandemic wave

Difference

Incidence rate ratio

Confidence

P value

Pneumonia, unspecified organism

518

204

314

0.39

0.31–0.48

< 0.001

Other disorders of urinary system

234

93

141

0.40

0.31–0.49

< 0.001

Myocardial infarction (with or without ST- elevation)

186

129

57

0.69

0.49–0.90

0.016

COVID-19, virus identified

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

Other sepsis

232

97

135

0.42

0.32–0.52

< 0.001

Cerebral infarction

129

124

5

0.96

0.69–1.23

0.782

Other chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

130

57

73

0.44

0.29–0.59

< 0.001

Heart failure

117

74

43

0.63

0.43–0.83

0.004

Unspecified acute lower respiratory infection

110

44

66

0.40

0.25–0.55

< 0.001

Cellulitis and acute lymphangitis

86

44

42

0.51

0.35–0.67

< 0.001