Divergent Trends in Emergency Department Presentations Amid the Novel Coronavirus Disease 2019 Pandemic in Chicago, Illinois

Excess deaths during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic have been largely attributed to cardiovascular disease (CVD); however, patterns in CVD hospitalizations after the first surge of the pandemic have not well-documented. Our brief report, examining trends in health care avoidance do...

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Autores principales: Khan, Sadiya S., Furmanchuk, Al'ona, Seegmiller, Laura E., Ahmad, Faraz S., Black, Bernard S., O'leary, Kevin J.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier Inc. 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8498775/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34628016
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cardfail.2021.09.011
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Sumario:Excess deaths during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic have been largely attributed to cardiovascular disease (CVD); however, patterns in CVD hospitalizations after the first surge of the pandemic have not well-documented. Our brief report, examining trends in health care avoidance documents that CVD hospitalizations decreased in Chicago before significant burden of COVID-19 cases or deaths and normalized during the first COVID-19 surge. These data may help to inform health care systems responses in the coming months while mobilizing vaccinations to the population at large.

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