Table 3.
Admissions and severity during pre-pandemic and pandemic years for major diagnostic groups
| Number of admissions | % of severe cases | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| B | P1 | P2 | B | P1 | P2 | |
| Respiratory diseases | 899 | 454 | 453 | 41 | 13 | 15 |
| Non-respiratory infections | 516 | 370 | 238 | 17 | 13 | 9 |
| Trauma | 829 | 1015 | 486 | 3 | 4 | 3 |
| Psychiatric disorders | 103 | 95 | 53 | 7 | 12 | 11 |
| Gastrointestinal diseases | 438 | 380 | 218 | 15 | 22 | 15 |
| Dermatologic diseases | 125 | 88 | 48 | 11 | 3 | 8 |
| Malignant neoplasms | 244 | 189 | 57 | 41 | 38 | 35 |
| Benign neoplasms | 37 | 23 | 10 | 17 | 22 | 10 |
| Cardiovascular diseases | 24 | 30 | 12 | 24 | 20 | 42 |
| Endocrine and metabolic | 73 | 85 | 25 | 16 | 21 | 20 |
| Genitourinary diseases | 162 | 159 | 61 | 21 | 17 | 23 |
| Hematologic diseases | 37 | 26 | 10 | 28 | 38 | 20 |
| Musculosceletal diseases | 210 | 203 | 100 | 33 | 40 | 40 |
| Neurologic diseases | 145 | 132 | 51 | 27 | 17 | 14 |
| Ear diseases | 38 | 24 | 13 | 16 | 21 | 15 |
| Eye diseases | 16 | 9 | 8 | 19 | 0 | 12 |
| Perinatal conditions | 258 | 238 | 103 | 42 | 41 | 28 |
| Congenital malformations | 270 | 260 | 136 | 31 | 30 | 19 |
| Fungi and parasites | 6 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 0 | 25 |
| Poisoning, damag. impacts | 24 | 28 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Nutritional disorders | 6 | 5 | 6 | 53 | 20 | 33 |
| Diagnosis not specified | 189 | 190 | 107 | 11 | 11 | 7 |
Total number of admissions (the 3 pre-pandemic years were calculated as an annual average (B)), percentage of severe cases (severity grades 3 or 4) and median duration of hospital stay (on days) before the pandemic (B), during the first year of the pandemic (P1), and until August of the second year of the pandemic (P2), for each group of diagnoses