Coronovirus Disease-2019 (COVID-19) Pandemic and Cardiac Electrophysiology: Guidance Protocol From a UK Tertiary Cardiac Center.
Crit Pathw Cardiol
; 19(3): 112-114, 2020 09.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-705771
ABSTRACT
Since December 2019, the coronovirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has resulted in more than 2,160,000 positive cases and more than 145,000 deaths until April 18, 2020. The pressure to the health services worldwide has been unprecedented. The redeployment of staff and resources to treat more efficiently COVID-19 cases along with the need to reduce disease transmission has affected the field of electrophysiology among many others. Amendments to clinical pathways are obligatory in this perspective to continue to provide the necessary health services to the people who need them, although at the same time, infection control and prevention are not compromised by inadvertent disease transmission or unnecessary use of resources. We aim to provide a guide of the logistic aspects of electrophysiology procedures derived from our tertiary cardiac center during the current COVID-19 pandemic.
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MEDLINE
Main subject:
Pneumonia, Viral
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Patient Care Management
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Coronavirus Infections
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Critical Pathways
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Cardiac Electrophysiology
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Pandemics
Type of study:
Observational study
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Prognostic study
Limits:
Humans
Country/Region as subject:
Europa
Language:
English
Journal:
Crit Pathw Cardiol
Journal subject:
Cardiology
Year:
2020
Document Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Hpc.0000000000000226
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