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Table 9 Number of ED attendances in the pre and pandemic period with selected specific ED diagnoses

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

Cerebrovascular accident

181

121

60

0.67

0.48–0.86

0.006

Atrial fibrillation

170

122

48

0.72

0.5–0.93

0.028

Vasovagal syncope

165

78

87

0.47

0.3–0.65

< 0.001

Asthma

120

67

53

0.56

0.41–0.7

< 0.001

Acute coronary syndrome

89

41

48

0.46

0.32–0.6

< 0.001

Pulmonary embolism

85

61

24

0.72

0.44–0.99

0.087

Acute non-ST segment elevation myocardial infarction

50

37

13

0.74

0.35–1.13

0.259

Subarachnoid intracranial haemorrhage

30

24

6

0.80

0.46–1.14

0.299

Acute renal failure syndrome

29

23

6

0.79

0.49–1.09

0.226

Cardiac arrest

26

19

7

0.73

0.27–1.19

0.324

Acute ST segment elevation myocardial infarction

23

7

16

0.30

0.05–0.56

0.005

Ketoacidosis in diabetes mellitus

23

27

−4

1.17

0.5–1.85

0.58