Impact of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Outbreak on Acute Admissions at the Emergency and Cardiology Departments Across Europe

202071 citationsJournal Articlebronze Open Access

Authors

Mateusz Sokolski · Wroclaw Medical University

Piotr Gajewski · Wroclaw Medical University

Robert Zymliński · Wroclaw Medical University

Jan Biegus · Wroclaw Medical University

Jurriën M. ten Berg · St. Antonius Ziekenhuis

Willem L. Bor · St. Antonius Ziekenhuis

Frieder Braunschweig

Abstract

In the European centers during the COVID-19 outbreak, there were fewer acute cardiovascular admissions. Also, fewer patients were admitted to the emergency departments with 4 times higher death risk at the emergency departments.

Topics & Keywords

COVID-19 and healthcare impacts Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes Ultrasound in Clinical Applications

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: The American Journal of Medicine

Volume 134, Issue 4, pp. 482-489

DOI: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2020.08.043

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