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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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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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author | 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 |
author_facet | 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 |
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description | 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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spelling | pubmed-81372632021-05-21 Exploring the impact of the COVID-19 epidemic on the medical emergency calls and calls for cardiovascular diseases in Hangzhou, China 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 Ir J Med Sci Original Article 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. Springer International Publishing 2021-05-21 2022 /pmc/articles/PMC8137263/ /pubmed/34018158 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11845-021-02644-w Text en © Royal Academy of Medicine in Ireland 2021 This article is made available via the PMC Open Access Subset for unrestricted research re-use and secondary analysis in any form or by any means with acknowledgement of the original source. These permissions are granted for the duration of the World Health Organization (WHO) declaration of COVID-19 as a global pandemic. |
spellingShingle | Original Article 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 Exploring the impact of the COVID-19 epidemic on the medical emergency calls and calls for cardiovascular diseases in Hangzhou, China |
title | Exploring the impact of the COVID-19 epidemic on the medical emergency calls and calls for cardiovascular diseases in Hangzhou, China |
title_full | Exploring the impact of the COVID-19 epidemic on the medical emergency calls and calls for cardiovascular diseases in Hangzhou, China |
title_fullStr | Exploring the impact of the COVID-19 epidemic on the medical emergency calls and calls for cardiovascular diseases in Hangzhou, China |
title_full_unstemmed | Exploring the impact of the COVID-19 epidemic on the medical emergency calls and calls for cardiovascular diseases in Hangzhou, China |
title_short | Exploring the impact of the COVID-19 epidemic on the medical emergency calls and calls for cardiovascular diseases in Hangzhou, China |
title_sort | exploring the impact of the covid-19 epidemic on the medical emergency calls and calls for cardiovascular diseases in hangzhou, china |
topic | Original Article |
url | 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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