Rural and Remote Cardiology During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Cardiac Society of Australia and New Zealand (CSANZ) Consensus Statement.
Heart Lung Circ
; 29(7): e88-e93, 2020 Jul.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-197891
ABSTRACT
THE CHALLENGES Rural and remote Australians and New Zealanders have a higher rate of adverse outcomes due to acute myocardial infarction, driven by many factors. The prevalence of cardiovascular disease (CVD) is also higher in regional and remote populations, and people with known CVD have increased morbidity and mortality from coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). In addition, COVID-19 is associated with serious cardiac manifestations, potentially placing additional demand on limited regional services at a time of diminished visiting metropolitan support with restricted travel. Inter-hospital transfer is currently challenging as receiving centres enact pandemic protocols, creating potential delays, and cardiovascular resources are diverted to increasing intensive care unit (ICU) and emergency department (ED) capacity. Regional and rural centres have limited staff resources, placing cardiac services at risk in the event of staff infection or quarantine during the pandemic. MAIN RECOMMENDATIONS:
Health districts, cardiologists and government agencies need to minimise impacts on the already vulnerable cardiovascular health of regional and remote Australians and New Zealanders throughout the COVID-19 pandemic. Changes in management should include.Keywords
Full text:
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Collection:
International databases
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Pneumonia, Viral
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Patient Care Management
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Cardiology
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Cardiovascular Diseases
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Communicable Disease Control
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Telemedicine
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Coronavirus Infections
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Rural Health Services
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Pandemics
Type of study:
Observational study
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Prognostic study
Limits:
Humans
Country/Region as subject:
Oceania
Language:
English
Journal:
Heart Lung Circ
Journal subject:
Vascular Diseases
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Cardiology
Year:
2020
Document Type:
Article
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