Decreases in cardiac catheter laboratory workload during the COVID-19 level 4 lockdown in New Zealand.
Intern Med J
; 50(8): 1000-1003, 2020 08.
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| ID: mdl-32881225
ABSTRACT
An increase in coronavirus disease (COVID-19) infections prompted Level 4 lockdown throughout New Zealand from 25 March 2020. We have investigated trends in coronary and electrophysiology (EP) procedures before and during this lockdown. The number of acute procedures for ST elevation myocardial infarction remained stable. In contrast, the number of in-patient angiograms and percutaneous intervention procedures fell by 53% compared with the previous 4 weeks in 2020 and by 56% compared with the corresponding period in 2019. Further study is required to determine the reasons for these trends.
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Assunto principal:
Pneumonia Viral
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Controle de Infecções
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Serviço Hospitalar de Cardiologia
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Infecções por Coronavirus
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Pandemias
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Intervenção Coronária Percutânea
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Infarto do Miocárdio com Supradesnível do Segmento ST
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
País como assunto:
Oceania
Idioma:
En
Ano de publicação:
2020
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Article