The toll of noninfected CRS patients to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Rhinology
; 58(5): 522-523, 2020 Oct 01.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-902796
ABSTRACT
Social distancing with the aim of avoiding infections and pre-serve critical care capacities during the COVID-19 pandemic has been implemented in Germany according to World Health Organization (WHO) recommendations from early March onwards. Limitations of physical contacts to reduce exposure to SARS-CoV-2 infected individuals were handled strictly, particularly in medical centers dealing with airway diseases, like rhinology and pneumology clinics. Such measures and reluctance to visit out- and inpatient services resulted in a 82% decrease in consultations to the 12 German oto-rhino-laryngological (ORL) centres forming our database during the 50 days following March 09 in 2020 if compared to the same period in 2019. Our data on CRS care underline reports on undertreatment of non-COVID-19 individuals with several different diseases during the current pandemic. We should try to reduce the toll these patients have to pay as much as possible. We established telemedicine, e-Health and artificial intelligence-supported triage for selecting the right patients for onsite-consultations and to advise patients in several demands.
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International databases
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Pneumonia, Viral
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Sinusitis
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Artificial Intelligence
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Rhinitis
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Coronavirus Infections
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Pandemics
Type of study:
Diagnostic study
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Observational study
Limits:
Humans
Country/Region as subject:
Europa
Language:
English
Journal:
Rhinology
Year:
2020
Document Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Rhin20.250
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