Impact of COVID-19 upon changes in emergency room visits with chest pain of possible cardiac origin.
BMC Res Notes
; 13(1): 539, 2020 Nov 18.
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in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-934300
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ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVES:
A decrease in Emergency Department (ED) visits for cardiac conditions has recently been reported from the US and Western Europe due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The data are still scant, and the correlation between cardiac symptoms and confirmed diagnoses are not available. There are no reports on changes in ED volumes at a national level, or from countries in the Asia-Middle Eastern region. We report data from national referral centers for tertiary care and cardiac care centers in Qatar, which see > 80% of cardiac emergencies in the country.RESULTS:
We analyzed 102,033 ED visits in the COVID-19-era (March-April 2020 and 2019) and determined the proportion presenting for cardiac symptoms and their confirmed diagnoses. We observed a 16-37% decline in ED volumes overall, with a 25-50% decline in patients presenting with cardiac symptoms in March and April 2020 compared with March and April 2019. Among those presenting with cardiac symptoms, we observed a 24-43% decline in cardiac diagnoses in March and April 2020 compared with March and April 2019.Keywords
Full text:
Available
Collection:
International databases
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Pneumonia, Viral
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Chest Pain
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Coronavirus Infections
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Emergency Service, Hospital
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Pandemics
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Heart Diseases
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Hospitalization
Type of study:
Diagnostic study
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Experimental Studies
Topics:
Long Covid
Limits:
Humans
Country/Region as subject:
Asia
Language:
English
Journal:
BMC Res Notes
Year:
2020
Document Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
S13104-020-05381-y
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