Table 2 Characteristics of patients presenting in each period
From: Impact of COVID-19 on pediatric emergencies and hospitalizations in Singapore
| Variable | Pre-DORSCON Orange (1) N = 18,016 |
Post-DORSCON Orange (2) N = 17,698 |
During Lockdown (3) N = 8743 |
Post Lockdown (4) N = 13,910 | p-value (pairwise comparisons) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (2) vs (1) | (3) vs (2) | (4) vs (3) | |||||
| Mean number seen in the ED, per day (SD) | 487 (70) | 295 (38) | 156 (20) | 205 (25) | < 0.001 | < 0.001 | < 0.001 |
| Age in years, mean (SD) | 4.7 (4.3) | 5.3 (4.6) | 4.6 (4.4) | 5.6 (4.8) | < 0.001 | < 0.001 | < 0001 |
| Males, n (%) | 10,021 (55.6) | 9890 (55.9) | 4772 (54.6) | 7609 (54.7) | 0.622 | 0.045 | 0.859 |
| Triage status, n (%) | |||||||
| Priority 1 | 498 (2.8) | 429 (2.4) | 171 (2.0) | 335 (2.4) | < 0.001 | < 0.001 | 0.024 |
| Priority 2 | 9566 (53.1) | 8782 (49.6) | 4832 (55.3) | 7507 (54.0) | |||
| Priority 3 | 7952 (44.1) | 8487 (48.0) | 3740 (42.8) | 6068 (43.6) | |||
| Requiring procedures, n (%) | 9224 (51.2) | 10,202 (57.6) | 5334 (61.0) | 8423 (60.6) | < 0.001 | < 0.001 | 0.495 |
| Inpatient, n (%) | |||||||
| General ward | 3395 (96.9) | 3484 (97.0) | 1923 (96.0) | 3315 (96.4) | 0.608 | 0.141 | 0.611 |
| High Dependency | 85 (2.4) | 89 (2.5) | 67 (3.3) | 108 (3.1) | |||
| ICU | 25 (0.7) | 19 (0.5) | 13 (0.7) | 16 (0.5) | |||
| Hospital LOS in days, mean (SD) | 2.5 (3.6) | 2.6 (4.8) | 2.7 (4.0) | 2.7 (3.3) | 0.221† | 0.012† | 0.185† |
| Hospital LOS in days, median (IQR) | 2.0 (1.0–3.0) | 2.0 (1.0–3.0) | 2.0 (1.0–3.0) | 2.0 (1.0–3.0) | 0.003 | 0.110 | 0.125 |
