Cardiovascular Surgical Emergencies in France, before, during and after the First Lockdown for COVID-19 in 2020: A Comparative Nationwide Retrospective Cohort Study.

ABSTRACT: There are still gaps regarding the impact of the nationwide lockdown on non-COVID-19 emergency hospitalizations. This study aims to describe the trends in hospitalizations for cardiovascular surgical emergencies in France, before, during and after the first lockdown. All adults admitted for mechanical complications of myocardial infarction (MI), aortic dissection, aortic aneurysm rupture, acute and critical limb ischemia, circulatory assistance, heart transplantation and major amputation were included. This retrospective cohort study used the French National Hospital Discharge database. The numbers of hospitalizations per month in 2020 were compared to the previous three years. From January to September 2020, 94,408 cases of the studied conditions were reported versus 103,126 in the same p

SUBMITTER: Baudry A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8620591 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature