The impact of COVID19 nationwide lock-down on STEMI hospitalization and outcomes in South India

Covid-19 Nationwide lockdown for social containment was implemented on the 23rd of March 2020. The objective of this study was to look at the impact of lockdown on STEMI (<24hrs window period). This study was done in 2 phases, 43 days before (phase1) and 43 days during lockdown (phase 2). During...

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Autores principales: Rangashamaiah, Sriranga, Hayagreev, Vibha, Krishnan, Shanmugam, Prabhavathi, Bhat, Manjunath, Cholenahalli Nanjappa
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2021
Materias:
Research Brief
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7989664/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34154762
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ihj.2021.03.008
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Sumario:Covid-19 Nationwide lockdown for social containment was implemented on the 23rd of March 2020. The objective of this study was to look at the impact of lockdown on STEMI (<24hrs window period). This study was done in 2 phases, 43 days before (phase1) and 43 days during lockdown (phase 2). During the lockdown, there was a 31% decrease in hospital admission rates, 11.5% and 9.38% proportional increase in diabetics and hypertensive patients presenting with STEMI. The public must be educated about the existing important health problems in the community along with the pandemic warnings.

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