The Impact of COVID-19 on Interventional Radiology Services in the UK.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has created unprecedented challenges on the healthcare system. The aim of this multi-centre study was to measure the impact of COVID-19 on IR services in the UK.

Material and methods

Retrospective cross-sectional study of IR practice in six UK centres during the COVID-19 pandemic was carried out. All therapeutic IR procedures were identified using the respective hospital radiology information systems and COVID-19 status found on the hospital patient record systems. The total number of therapeutic IR procedures was recorded over two time periods, 25/03/2019-21/04/2019 (control group) and 30/03/2020-26/04/2020 (COVID-19 group). The data points collected were: procedure type, aerosol-generating nature, acute or elective case,

SUBMITTER: Zhong J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7609351 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature