Sex- and Age-Related Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Emergency Department Visits for Chest Pain in Curitiba, Brazil.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Women have higher mortality from acute coronary syndrome (ACS) compared with men. Women may hesitate to search for emergency care when experiencing chest pain, which delays treatment.

Objective

Our aim was to evaluate the changes in emergency visits for chest pain according to sex and age during the COVID-19 pandemic period compared with previous years.

Methods

We collected data on chest pain visits (International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision, Clinical Modification codes I20 [unstable angina], I21 [myocardial infarction], and R07.1-4 [chest pain]) from all public emergency departments (EDs) in Curitiba, Brazil. We compared the weekly rates of visits per 100,000 habitants on the epidemiologic weeks 11-52 of 2020 (COVID-19 pandemic period) with

SUBMITTER: Cunha GSPD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9376340 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature