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Internet search volume for chest pain during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Ciofani, Jonathan L; Han, Daniel; Allahwala, Usaid K; Asrress, Kaleab N; Bhindi, Ravinay.

Am Heart J ; 231: 157-159, 2021 01.

Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-812437

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During the COVID-19 pandemic there has been a reduction in hospital admissions for acute myocardial infarction. This manuscript presents the analysis of Google Trends meta-data and shows a marked spike in search volume for chest pain that is strongly correlated with COVID-19 case numbers in the United States. This raises a concern that fear of contracting COVID-19 may be leading patients to self-triage using internet searches.

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COVID-19 , Chest Pain , Communicable Disease Control/statistics & numerical data , Diagnostic Self Evaluation , Internet Use/statistics & numerical data , Myocardial Infarction/epidemiology , COVID-19/epidemiology , COVID-19/psychology , Chest Pain/diagnosis , Chest Pain/epidemiology , Chest Pain/psychology , Correlation of Data , Fear , Humans , Patient Acceptance of Health Care/psychology , Patient Acceptance of Health Care/statistics & numerical data , SARS-CoV-2 , Social Isolation , United States/epidemiology

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