https://www.socictopen.socict.org/files/original/22fcb0bcdf83f16fd6ff88e6f327c2da.pdf c82ce2ce6a8d91516f333c29e23ab4e4 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Coronavirus Description An account of the resource Dominio científico: Coronavirus Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Changes in Demographic and Diagnostic Spectra of Patients with Neurological Symptoms Presenting to an Emergency Department During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Retrospective Cohort Study Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Hoyer C, Grassl N, Bail K, Stein P, Ebert A, Platten M, Szabo K Description An account of the resource Carolin Hoyer, Niklas Grassl, Kathrin Bail, Patrick Stein, Anne Ebert, Michael Platten, Kristina Szabo Department of Neurology, Medical Faculty Mannheim and Mannheim Center for Translational Neurosciences (MCTN), Heidelberg University, Mannheim, GermanyCorrespondence: Carolin HoyerDepartment of Neurology, University Medical Centre Mannheim, Medical Faculty Mannheim, Heidelberg University, Theodor-Kutzer-Ufer 1-3, 68 167 Mannheim, GermanyTel +49-621-383-5268Fax +49-621-383-3807Email carolin.hoyer@umm.deObjective: To analyse the characteristics of patients with neurological complaints seeking evaluation in an interdisciplinary emergency department (ED) during the rise of the COVID-19 pandemic in Germany.Methods: In this retrospective study, data on the number of ED presentations due to neurological complaints in weeks 1– 15/2020 were collected. In addition, hospital chart data of patients referred for neurological evaluation during weeks 12– 15/2020 when the pandemic began impacting on public life in Germany were analysed regarding demographic information, chief complaints, modes of presentation and disposition and ED discharge diagnosis. Both data sets were compared to respective periods from 2017.Results: During the surge of COVID-19, we found a significant decrease of the total number of neurological ED patients by 47.6%. Comparing weeks 12– 15 of 2017 and 2020, we found a decrease in the number of patients of < 30 years (p< 0.001) and an increase of those 70 years (p< 0.001). A higher proportion of patients were admitted to escalated care (p=0.03), and fewer patients were discharged against medical advice (p< 0.001). In addition, the ratio of less acute diagnoses (eg, benign headaches) declined significantly.Conclusion: Our findings suggest that the pandemic has contributed to a – potentially transient – reframing of laypeople’s perception of urgency and necessity for emergency presentation. The establishment and promotion of health-care structures and services like telemedical consultations and the creation of safe ED environments will be essential to enable adequate delivery of care in potential future waves of the pandemic.Keywords: pandemics, COVID-19, emergency neurology Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2020 Subject The topic of the resource covid-19, pandemics, Emergency neurology Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Biotemas Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Neurology. Diseases of the nervous system, Neurosciences. Biological psychiatry. Neuropsychiatry