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Impact of Coronavirus Disease 2019 Pandemic on Cardiac Arrest and Emergency Care

The incidence of both out-of-hospital and in-hospital cardiac arrest increased during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. Patient survival and neurologic outcome after both out-of-hospital and in-hospital cardiac arrest were reduced. Direct effects of the COVID-19 illness combined with...

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Autores principales: Bharmal, Murtaza, DiGrande, Kyle, Patel, Akash, Shavelle, David M., Bosson, Nichole
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier Inc. 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8960232/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35851459
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ccl.2022.03.009
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Sumario:The incidence of both out-of-hospital and in-hospital cardiac arrest increased during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. Patient survival and neurologic outcome after both out-of-hospital and in-hospital cardiac arrest were reduced. Direct effects of the COVID-19 illness combined with indirect effects of the pandemic on patient’s behavior and health care systems contributed to these changes. Understanding the potential factors offers the opportunity to improve future response and save lives.