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cord-283416-dhtintid	Cheli, Marta	SARS-CoV-2 pandemic and epilepsy: the impact on emergency department attendances for seizures	2020-08-22		.txt	text/plain	1936	91	55	Abstract Introduction The risk of acquiring SARS-CoV-2 in a hospital setting and the need of reorganizing the Emergency Departments (EDs) to cope with infected patients have led to a reduction of ED attendances for non-infectious acute conditions and to a different management of chronic disorders. Methods We performed a retrospective study evaluating the frequency and features of ED attendances for seizures during the lockdown period (March 10th April 30th 2020) in the University Hospital of Trieste, Italy. We studied the possible pandemic impact on the way patients with seizures sought for medical assistance by comparing the lockdown period to a matched period in 2019 and to a period of identical length preceding the lockdown (January 18th – March 9th 2020). We performed a retrospective study evaluating the frequency and features of ED attendances for seizures during the lockdown period, in order to verify if the pandemic could have had an impact on how patients with seizures sought medical assistance.	./cache/cord-283416-dhtintid.txt	./txt/cord-283416-dhtintid.txt