Abstract

Aim of the current report was to research the repercussions of COVID-19 pandemic on the procedural volumes and on the most indications of medicine organic process examination in Italia.

Methods: An online survey was distributed at the start of Dec 2020 to Italian organic process examination centers. Knowledge were collected examination 2 elect time intervals: the primary from first of Feb 2019 to thirtieth June 2019 and therefore the second from first Feb 2020 to thirtieth June 2020.

Result: Responses to the survey came from twenty four medicine examination Units. Globally, a discount of thirty seven.2% was determined between 2019 and 2020 periods with a big decrease in median range of procedures (111 vs fifty seven, p < 0.001). each the median range of procedures performed for brand spanking new diagnoses and people for follow-up functions considerably remittent in 2020 (63 vs thirty six, p < 0.001 and forty two vs twenty one, p< 0.001, respectively). we tend to reportable a forceful reduction of procedures performed for suspected disorder and purposeful epithelial duct Disorders (55.1% and 58.0%, respectively). Diagnostic endoscopies for suspected IBD remittent of fifteen.5%, whereas procedures for membrane Healing (MH) assessment reduced of forty eight.3%.

Conclusions: Our study provides real-world knowledge outlining the meaning impact of COVID-19 on medicine examination observe in Italia.