Impact of COVID-19 upon changes in emergency room visits with chest pain of possible cardiac origin
Abstract Objectives A decrease in Emergency Department (ED) visits for cardiac conditions has recently been reported from the US and Western Europe due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The data are still scant, and the correlation between cardiac symptoms and confirmed diagnoses are not available. There ar...
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| author | Adeel A. Butt Anand Kartha Nidal Asaad Aftab M. Azad Roberto Bertollini Abdul-Badi Abou-Samra |
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| description | Abstract Objectives A decrease in Emergency Department (ED) visits for cardiac conditions has recently been reported from the US and Western Europe due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The data are still scant, and the correlation between cardiac symptoms and confirmed diagnoses are not available. There are no reports on changes in ED volumes at a national level, or from countries in the Asia-Middle Eastern region. We report data from national referral centers for tertiary care and cardiac care centers in Qatar, which see > 80% of cardiac emergencies in the country. Results We analyzed 102,033 ED visits in the COVID-19-era (March–April 2020 and 2019) and determined the proportion presenting for cardiac symptoms and their confirmed diagnoses. We observed a 16–37% decline in ED volumes overall, with a 25–50% decline in patients presenting with cardiac symptoms in March and April 2020 compared with March and April 2019. Among those presenting with cardiac symptoms, we observed a 24–43% decline in cardiac diagnoses in March and April 2020 compared with March and April 2019. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-b4d3fb257e4a488aac9c32eb37d0ee192022-12-21T22:46:31ZengBMCBMC Research Notes1756-05002020-11-011311410.1186/s13104-020-05381-yImpact of COVID-19 upon changes in emergency room visits with chest pain of possible cardiac originAdeel A. Butt0Anand Kartha1Nidal Asaad2Aftab M. Azad3Roberto Bertollini4Abdul-Badi Abou-Samra5Department of Medicine, Hamad Medical CorporationDepartment of Medicine, Hamad Medical CorporationDepartment of Medicine, Hamad Medical CorporationDepartment of Medicine, Hamad Medical CorporationMinistry of Public HealthDepartment of Medicine, Hamad Medical CorporationAbstract Objectives A decrease in Emergency Department (ED) visits for cardiac conditions has recently been reported from the US and Western Europe due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The data are still scant, and the correlation between cardiac symptoms and confirmed diagnoses are not available. There are no reports on changes in ED volumes at a national level, or from countries in the Asia-Middle Eastern region. We report data from national referral centers for tertiary care and cardiac care centers in Qatar, which see > 80% of cardiac emergencies in the country. Results We analyzed 102,033 ED visits in the COVID-19-era (March–April 2020 and 2019) and determined the proportion presenting for cardiac symptoms and their confirmed diagnoses. We observed a 16–37% decline in ED volumes overall, with a 25–50% decline in patients presenting with cardiac symptoms in March and April 2020 compared with March and April 2019. Among those presenting with cardiac symptoms, we observed a 24–43% decline in cardiac diagnoses in March and April 2020 compared with March and April 2019.http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13104-020-05381-yCOVID-19Emergency DepartmentSARS-CoV-2QatarAcute illness |
| spellingShingle | Adeel A. Butt Anand Kartha Nidal Asaad Aftab M. Azad Roberto Bertollini Abdul-Badi Abou-Samra Impact of COVID-19 upon changes in emergency room visits with chest pain of possible cardiac origin BMC Research Notes COVID-19 Emergency Department SARS-CoV-2 Qatar Acute illness |
| title | Impact of COVID-19 upon changes in emergency room visits with chest pain of possible cardiac origin |
| title_full | Impact of COVID-19 upon changes in emergency room visits with chest pain of possible cardiac origin |
| title_fullStr | Impact of COVID-19 upon changes in emergency room visits with chest pain of possible cardiac origin |
| title_full_unstemmed | Impact of COVID-19 upon changes in emergency room visits with chest pain of possible cardiac origin |
| title_short | Impact of COVID-19 upon changes in emergency room visits with chest pain of possible cardiac origin |
| title_sort | impact of covid 19 upon changes in emergency room visits with chest pain of possible cardiac origin |
| topic | COVID-19 Emergency Department SARS-CoV-2 Qatar Acute illness |
| url | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13104-020-05381-y |
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