Table 1.
Diagnoses on admission to the PED of the top 20 conditions during the 2020 COVID‐19 lockdown and during the same period in 2019
| Diagnosis | 2019 | % | Diagnosis | 2020 | % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abdominal pain | 220 | 9.5 | Trauma | 124 | 19.2 |
| Vomiting | 201 | 8.7 | Acute nasopharyngitis | 42 | 6.5 |
| Acute nasopharyngitis | 171 | 7.4 | Abdominal pain | 41 | 6.3 |
| Acute pharyngitis | 107 | 4.6 | Pyrexia | 36 | 5.5 |
| Enteritis | 105 | 4.5 | Bronchitis | 32 | 4.9 |
| Acute otitis media | 100 | 4.3 | Pneumonia | 23 | 3.5 |
| Exanthema | 93 | 4 | Acute abdomen | 20 | 3.1 |
| Otalgia | 88 | 3.8 | Vomiting | 20 | 3.1 |
| Bronchitis | 88 | 3.8 | Acute pharyngitis | 19 | 2.9 |
| Acute cough | 79 | 3.4 | Acute diarrhoea | 15 | 2.3 |
| Trauma | 77 | 3.3 | Joint pain | 14 | 2.2 |
| Pyrexia | 73 | 3.1 | Seizure disorder | 13 | 2 |
| Respiratory viral infection | 58 | 2.5 | Asthma | 11 | 1.7 |
| Acute diarrhoea | 50 | 2.2 | Thoracic pain | 11 | 1.7 |
| Acute urticaria | 49 | 2.1 | Exanthema | 11 | 1.7 |
| Acute tonsillitis | 48 | 2.1 | Constipation | 11 | 1.7 |
| Croup | 45 | 1.9 | Acute cough | 11 | 1.7 |
| Pneumonia | 44 | 1.9 | Foreign body inhalation | 10 | 1.5 |
| Cutaneous angioedema | 41 | 1.8 | Cancer | 10 | 1.5 |
| Dermatitis | 39 | 1.7 | Enteritis | 10 | 1.5 |
| Total | 2310 | 646 | |||
| males | 1264 | 54.7 | 340 | 52.6 | |
| females | 1046 | 45.3 | 306 | 47.4 |