Table 3.
Rates of cardiac diagnoses of ED visits for chest pain before and during the COVID-19 pandemic.
| All encounters | Pre-COVID-19 | COVID-19 | % Change in proportion of cardiac diagnosis | Odds ratio (95% CI) | p-value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Encounters with chest pain, n (%) | 10,721 (100) | 5,692 (53.1) | 5,029 (46.9) | |||
| Encounters with cardiac diagnosis, n (%) | 98 (0.9) | 41 (0.7) | 57 (1.1) | 57.1 | 1.6 (1.1–2.4) | 0.02 |
| Diagnosis, n (% of cardiac diagnosis) | ||||||
| Arrhythmia | 41 (41.8) | 21 (51.2) | 20 (35.1) | −31.4 | 0.5 (0.2–1.2) | 0.11 |
| Pericardial disease | 24 (24.5) | 11 (26.8) | 13 (22.8) | −14.9 | 0.8 (0.3–2.1) | 0.65 |
| Myocarditis | 11 (11.2) | 2 (4.9) | 9 (15.8) | 222.4 | 3.7 (0.9–17.5) | 0.09 |
| MIS-C | 5 (5.1) | 0 (0.0) | 5 (8.8) | N/A | N/A | 0.05 |
| Unspecified | 17 (17.3) | 7 (17.1) | 10 (17.5) | 2.3 | 1.0 (0.4–2.7) | 0.95 |
MIS-C, multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children.