Fig. 2From: The role of rapid syndromic diagnostic testing of gastrointestinal pathogens as a clinical decision support tool in a pediatric emergency departmentMonthly distribution of cases that visited the ED for symptoms of acute infectious diarrhea. Prior to the incorporation of the syndromic gastrointestinal panel test in the ED, an average 153.6 (standard deviation [SD] ± 28.2) patients visited the ED for acute infectious diarrhea, whereas after the incorporation, which was during the early COVID-19 period, an average 92.6 (SD ± 28.4) patients visited the ED. COVID-19 coronavirus disease 2019, ED emergency departmentBack to article page