Exploring the impact of the COVID-19 epidemic on the medical emergency calls and calls for cardiovascular diseases in Hangzhou, China

AIMS: We aimed to evaluate the impact of the COVID-19 epidemic on emergency and cardiovascular disease–related calls in Hangzhou, China. METHODS: We conducted a single-center retrospective study, collecting data on emergency calls to the Hangzhou Emergency Center (HEC) during the COVID-19 epidemic (...

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Autores principales: Chen, Juan, Cheng, Yong-ran, Fu, Xin-yan, Wang, Chun-yi, Wen, Wen, Ni, Jie, Jiang, Jing-jie, Xu, Zhao, Zhou, Meng-Yun, Ye, Lan, Feng, Zhan-hui, Liu, Gang, Wang, Ming-Wei, Zhang, Xing-wei, Ge, Zhong-jun, Chen, Guo-fan
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer International Publishing 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8137263/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34018158
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11845-021-02644-w
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Sumario:AIMS: We aimed to evaluate the impact of the COVID-19 epidemic on emergency and cardiovascular disease–related calls in Hangzhou, China. METHODS: We conducted a single-center retrospective study, collecting data on emergency calls to the Hangzhou Emergency Center (HEC) during the COVID-19 epidemic (January 20, 2020, to March 15, 2020). Data were compared with the same period in 2019. RESULTS: Compared to 2019, the number of emergency calls has dropped by 21.63%, ambulance calls by 29.02%, rescue calls by 22.57%, and cardiovascular disease-related emergency calls by 32.86%. The numbers of emergency, ambulance, and rescue calls in 2020 were significantly lower than in 2019. CONCLUSIONS: During the COVID-19 epidemic in Hangzhou, the numbers of emergency and cardiovascular disease–related calls have decreased significantly. These results point to a severe social problem that requires the attention of the medical community and the government.

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