The COVID-19 pandemic and its repercussions in our interventional radiology unit()

This paper aims to describe our experience in an interventional radiology unit in a hospital in Spain that was severely affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. To this end, we did a prospective observational study of 20 consecutive patients with COVID-19 who underwent 21 interventional radiology procedur...

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Autores principales: Cifuentes García, I., Ariza Molina, C., Domínguez Paillacho, I.D., González-Huebra Rodríguez, I., Lanciego, C.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: SERAM. Published by Elsevier España, S.L.U. 2021
Materias:
Update in Radiology
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7846219/
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.rxeng.2020.10.004
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Sumario:This paper aims to describe our experience in an interventional radiology unit in a hospital in Spain that was severely affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. To this end, we did a prospective observational study of 20 consecutive patients with COVID-19 who underwent 21 interventional radiology procedures between March 13, 2020 and May 11, 2020. We describe the measures taken to reorganize the work and protective measures, as well as the repercussions of the situation on our unit’s overall activity and activity in different phases. The COVID-19 pandemic has represented a challenge in our daily work, but learning from our own experience and the recommendations of the Spanish radiological societies (SERVEI and SERAM) has enabled us to adapt successfully. Our activity dropped only 22% compared to the same period in 2019.

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