Emergency department visits and hospital admissions in kidney transplant recipients during the COVID-19 pandemic: A hospital-based study

Table 2 Clinical variables of kidney transplantation patients who presented to the emergency department within 1 year during the study period

Variables	COVID-19 (January 2020-December 2021), n = 34	Control (January 2018-December 2019), n = 41	P value
Time to first ED visit since transplantation in day, mean ± SD	130.8 ± 106.2	120.6 ± 105.3	0.88
Triage level, n (%)			0.71
Resuscitation	2 (5.9)	1 (2.4)
Emergency	13 (38.2)	13 (31.7)
Urgency	12 (35.3)	20 (48.8)
Less urgency	5 (14.7)	6 (14.6)
Non-urgency	2 (5.9)	1 (2.4)
Total ED times in min, mean ± SD	275.8 ± 263.5	232.7 (120.6)	0.35
Total ED times in min, median (IQR)	210.5 (130-330)	222 (138-300)	0.35
Admission, n (%)	13 (38.2)	27 (65.9)	0.02
Type of disposition, n (%)			0.10
ICU admission	1 (2.9)	1 (2.4)
General ward admission	12 (35.3)	25 (61.0)
OU admission	0 (0)	1 (2.4)
Referred	0 (0)	0 (0)
Discharge	21 (61.8)	14 (34.2)
Against advice	0 (0)	0 (0)
Death at ED	0 (0)	0 (0)
Intubation, n (%)	0 (0)	1 (2.4)	0.36
CPR, n (%)	0 (0)	0 (0)	N/A

COVID-19: Coronavirus disease 2019; CPR: Cardiopulmonary resuscitation; ED: Emergency department; ICU: Intensive care unit; IQR: Interquartile range; N/A: Not applicable; OU: Observational unit.