COVID-19 pandemic year in the cardiology department
Abstract
Introduction: A COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in noticeable changes in the functioning of the Department of Cardiology, dr A. Jurasz University Hospital no. 1 in Bydgoszcz. This study aims to compare the functioning of the university cardiology department in the pandemic year 2020 to the previous years.
Materials and methods: The retrospective analysis of patients hospitalized in the Department of Cardiology, dr A. Jurasz University Hospital no 1 in Bydgoszcz, Poland, has been performed. Collected data included the number of patients admitted to the hospital, medical diagnoses, performed procedures and in-hospital mortality.
Results: Throughout 2020 numbers of both new hospitalizations and diagnostic or therapeutic procedures in electrophysiology, echocardiography and invasive cardiology showed a major decrease. The greatest impact was observed in March, April, and the last 3 months of the year. The pandemic also affected in-hospital mortality.
Conclusions: The observed decrease in the number of hospital admissions of specialized cardiac procedures performed in 2020 may have a serious impact on future patients’ profile.
Keywords: COVID-19SARS-CoV-2pandemicscardiologyhospitals
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