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The objective of this research was to compare\u00a0the flow of COVID-19 patients in emergency rooms\u00a0and hospital wards, between the pandemic's\u00a0first and second waves\u00a0at the University Hospital of Vall d\u2019Hebron (Barcelona, Spain), and\u00a0to compare the profiles, severity and mortality of COVID-19 patients between the two waves.<\/ns4:p>\n                  <ns4:p>\n                    <ns4:bold>Methods:<\/ns4:bold>\n                  <\/ns4:p>\n                  <ns4:p>A retrospective observational analysis of COVID-19 patients attending the hospital from February 24 to April 26, 2020 (first wave) and from July 24, 2020, to May 18, 2021 (second wave) was carried out. We analysed the data of the electronic medical records on patient demographics, comorbidity, severity, and mortality.<\/ns4:p>\n                  <ns4:p>\n                    <ns4:bold>Results:<\/ns4:bold>\n                  <\/ns4:p>\n                  <ns4:p>The daily number of COVID-19 patients entering the emergency rooms (ER) dropped by 65% during the second wave compared to the first wave. During the second wave, patients entering the ER were significantly younger (61 against 63 years old\u00a0p&lt;0.001) and less severely affected (39% against 48% with a triage level of resuscitation or emergency; p&lt;0.001). ER mortality declined during the second wave (1% against 2%; p&lt;0.000). The daily number of hospitalised COVID-19 patients dropped by 75% during the second wave. Those hospitalised during the second wave were more severely affected (20% against 10%; p&lt;0.001) and were referred to the intensive care unit (ICU) more frequently (21% against 15%;\u00a0p&lt;0.001). Inpatient mortality showed no significant difference between the two waves.<\/ns4:p>\n                  <ns4:p>\n                    <ns4:bold>Conclusions:<\/ns4:bold>\n                  <\/ns4:p>\n                  <ns4:p>Changes in the flow, severity and mortality of COVID-19 patients entering this tertiary hospital during the two waves may reflect a better adaptation of the health care system and the improvement of knowledge on the disease.<\/ns4:p>","DOI":"10.12688\/f1000research.73988.1","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2021,11,24]],"date-time":"2021-11-24T12:25:24Z","timestamp":1637756724000},"page":"1197","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.12688\/f1000research.crossmark-policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":7,"title":["Comparing the first and second waves of COVID-19 in a tertiary university hospital in Barcelona"],"prefix":"10.12688","volume":"10","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-8810-444X","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Yolima","family":"Cossio","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Marta-Beatriz","family":"Aller","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Maria Jos\u00e9","family":"Abadias","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Jose-Manuel","family":"Dom\u00ednguez","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Maria-Soledad","family":"Romea","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Maria-\u00c0ngels","family":"Barba","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Maria-Isabel","family":"Rodr\u00edguez","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Antonio","family":"Roman","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Albert","family":"Salazar","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"2560","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2021,11,24]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"964-980","DOI":"10.1038\/s41591-021-01381-y","article-title":"Health systems resilience in managing the COVID-19 pandemic: lessons from 28 countries.","volume":"27","author":"V Haldane","year":"2021","journal-title":"Nat. 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