Emergency Department Visits, Care, and Outcome After Stroke and Myocardial Infarction During the COVID-19 Pandemic Phases.

ABSTRACT:

Background

It is not known if initial reductions in hospitalization for stroke and myocardial infarction early during the coronavirus disease-2019 pandemic were followed by subsequent increases. We describe the rates of emergency department visits for stroke and myocardial infarction through the pandemic phases.

Methods

We used linked administrative data to compare the weekly age- and sex-standardized rates of visits for stroke and myocardial infarction in Ontario, Canada in the first 9 months of 2020 to the mean baseline rates (2015-2019) using rate ratios (RRs) and 95% confidence intervals (CIs). We compared care and outcomes by pandemic phases (pre-pandemic was January-March, lockdown was March-May, early reopening was May-July, and late reopening was July-September).

SUBMITTER: Yu AYX 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8548659 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature