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Title:

Medical and cardio-vascular emergency department visits during the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020: is there a collateral damage? A retrospective routine data analysis.

Document type:
Article; Journal Article
Author(s):
Slagman, Anna; Pigorsch, Mareen; Greiner, Felix; Behringer, Wilhelm; Bernhard, Michael; Bienzeisler, Jonas; Blaschke, Sabine; Burst, Volker; Dechant, Katharina; Dommasch, Michael; Ewen, Sebastian; Gries, André; Hans, Felix Patricius; Kanz, Karl-Georg; Klein, Matthias; Kümpers, Philipp; Napp, Matthias; Plata, Christopher; Ramshorn-Zimmer, Alexandra; Risse, Joachim; Röhrig, Rainer; Somasundaram, Rajan; Schunk, Domagoj; Walcher, Felix; Walter, Thomas; Weismann, Dirk; Wolfrum, Sebastian; Wörnle, Mar...     »
Abstract:
BACKGROUND: In this retrospective routine data analysis, we investigate the number of emergency department (ED) consultations during the COVID-19 pandemic of 2020 in Germany compared to the previous year with a special focus on numbers of myocardial infarction and acute heart failure. METHODS: Aggregated case numbers for the two consecutive years 2019 and 2020 were obtained from 24 university hospitals and 9 non-university hospitals in Germany and assessed by age, gender, triage scores, disposit...     »
Journal title abbreviation:
Clin Res Cardiol
Year:
2022
Journal volume:
111
Journal issue:
10
Pages contribution:
1174-1182
Fulltext / DOI:
doi:10.1007/s00392-022-02074-3
Pubmed ID:
http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35931896
Print-ISSN:
1861-0684
TUM Institution:
602; Klinik und Poliklinik für Innere Medizin I, Kardiologie; Klinik und Poliklinik für Unfallchirurgie
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