Lessons learned from the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic in a vascular surgery department and preparation for future outbreaks

A Duarte, RG e Melo, A Lopes, JP Rato… - Annals of Vascular …, 2021 - Elsevier
Objectives This study aims to report the changes and adaptations of a vascular tertiary
center during a global pandemic and the impact on its activity and patients. Methods We …

Impact of COVID-19 on emergency department management of stroke and STEMI. A narrative review

WH Banfield, O Elghawy, A Dewanjee… - The American Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
The novel coronavirus of 2019 (COVID-19) has resulted in a global pandemic; COVID-19
has resulted in significant challenges in the delivery of healthcare, including emergency …

Examining patient flow in a tertiary hospital's emergency department at a low coronavirus prevalence region

WM Tseng, PH Lin, PC Wu, CH Kao - BMC Emergency Medicine, 2022 - Springer
Background Taiwan's successful containment of the COVID-19 outbreak prior to 2021
provided a unique environment for the surveillance of unnecessary emergency medical use …

Acute care pathway assessed through performance indicators during the COVID-19 pandemic in OECD countries (2020–2021): a scoping review

AS V. Carvalho, B Broekema, Ó Brito Fernandes… - BMC Emergency …, 2024 - Springer
Background The COVID-19 pandemic severely impacted care for non-COVID patients.
Performance indicators to monitor acute care, timely reported and internationally accepted …

[HTML][HTML] Medical and social factors influencing the utilization of healthcare services among older adults in Israel during the COVID-19 lockdown

O Shaked, L Korn, Y Shapiro, M Zwilling… - Frontiers in Public …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Background The corona virus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic significantly impacted
older adults. However, most older communities focused on the medical issues. The aims of …

“It took so much of the humanness away”: Health care professional experiences providing care to dying patients during COVID-19

L Pankratz, G Gill, S Pirzada, K Papineau… - Death …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
COVID-19 has affected healthcare in profound and unprecedented ways, distorting the
experiences of patients and healthcare professionals (HCPs) alike. One area that has …

Evaluating the Patient Boarding during Omicron Surge in Hong Kong: Time Series Analysis

Q Wu, SC Chan, TT Lee, KW So, OW Tsui… - Journal of Medical …, 2023 - Springer
The fifth wave of COVID-19 outbreaks in Hong Kong (HK) from January to March 2022 has
the highest confirmed cases and deaths compared with previous waves. Severe hospital …

Relationship Between a State-Directed Lockdown on Non-COVID-19–related ICU Admissions and Mortality in a Multicenter Colorado Healthcare System

BD Park, A Kannappan, AN Rizzo, Y Jin… - Critical Care …, 2022 - journals.lww.com
OBJECTIVES: Colorado issued a month long statewide lockdown on March 26, 2020, during
the initial surge of the COVID-19 pandemic. The impact of this mandate on non–COVID-19 …

Veränderung hausärztlicher und psychotherapeutischer Versorgung in Deutschland während der ersten beiden COVID-19-Lockdowns 2020 und 2021: Zwei …

WJ Herrmann, P Buspavanich, P Oeser… - Zeitschrift für Evidenz …, 2023 - Elsevier
Zusammenfassung Hintergrund Aufgrund von Maßnahmen zur Bekämpfung der COVID-19-
Pandemie kam es auch zu Einschränkungen der ambulanten Gesundheitsversorgung in …

Traumatic spinal cord injury: A four-year study in Puerto Rico

MF Mas, F Pérez, A Blanco, J Deya… - The Journal of Spinal …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Objective Assess the occurrence of traumatic spinal cord injury (TSCI) in Puerto Rico, a
geographically delimited territory. Design Retrospective review of data from all encounters …