Hospital admissions during Covid-19 lock-down in Germany: Differences in discretionary and unavoidable cardiovascular events.

ABSTRACT:

Background

A decline in hospitalization for cardiovascular events and catheter laboratory activation was reported for the United States and Italy during the initial stage of the Covid-19 pandemic of 2020. We report on the deployment of emergency services for cardiovascular events in a defined region in western Germany during the government-imposed lock-down period.

Methods

We examined 5799 consecutive patients who were treated by emergency services for cardiovascular events during the Covid-19 pandemic (January 1 to April 30, 2020), and compared those to the corresponding time frame in 2019. Examining the emergency physicians' records provided by nine locations in the area, we found a 20% overall decline in cardiovascular admissions.

Results

The greatest reduction cou

SUBMITTER: Stohr E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7678984 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature