Kohli Anirudh, Shetty Aditya, Joshi Anagha, Bansal Ashank
Department of Radiology, Breach Candy Hospital and Trust, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.
Department of Radiology, Lokmanya Tilak Municipal Medical College and Hospital, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.
Indian J Radiol Imaging. 2021 Jan;31(Suppl 1):S119-S121. doi: 10.4103/ijri.IJRI_721_20. Epub 2021 Jan 23.
This article focuses on a marked drop in volumes in the lockdown period during the COVID-19 pandemic across all modalities X-ray, sonography, CT scan and MRI scans and compares the volumes of data between a private and public hospital in Mumbai. This trend has been witnessed globally also. Even with easing of lockdown this has not reflected in an increase in numbers. Imaging volumes of a 1900-bed public hospital and a 220-bed private hospital in Mumbai were collated for all modalities, i.e., X-ray, sonography, CT and MRI for the months January, February 2020- Prelockdown, March 2020 Peri-lockdown, April, May 2020- Lockdown, June Unlock 1.0, July Unlock 2.0. The imaging volumes during lockdown, Unlock, were compared with prelockdown values. It was initially felt that this was due to a fear of visiting hospitals that are considered hotbeds of SARS-CoV-2. However, the same status has persisted over the 2 months of lockdown and the 2 months of unlocking. What is the cause of this huge drop in imaging volumes?
本文聚焦于新冠疫情封锁期间，所有检查方式（X光、超声、CT扫描和核磁共振成像扫描）的检查量显著下降，并比较了孟买一家私立医院和一家公立医院的数据量。全球也都出现了这种趋势。即使封锁措施有所放宽，检查量也并未增加。整理了孟买一家拥有1900张床位的公立医院和一家拥有220张床位的私立医院在2020年1月、2月（封锁前）、2020年3月（封锁期间）、2020年4月、5月（封锁期间）、2020年6月（解封1.0阶段）、2020年7月（解封2.0阶段）的所有检查方式（即X光、超声、CT和核磁共振成像）的检查量。将封锁期间及解封期间的检查量与封锁前的值进行了比较。最初认为这是由于人们害怕前往被视为新冠病毒温床的医院。然而，在封锁的两个月和解封的两个月里，这种情况一直持续。检查量大幅下降的原因是什么呢？
