Repercussions of the COVID-19 Pandemic on the Care Practices of a Tertiary Hospital.
André Luiz Cerqueira de AlmeidaThyago Monteiro do Espírito SantoMaurício Silva Santana MelloAlexandre Viana CedroNilson Lima LopesAna Paloma Martins Rocha RibeiroJoão Gustavo Cerqueira MotaRodrigo Serapião MendesPaulo André Abreu AlmeidaMurilo Araújo FerreiraDiego Moreira ArrudaAdriana Aguiar Pepe SantosVinícius Guedes RiosMaria Rosa Nascimento DantasViviane Almeida SilvaMarcos Gomes da SilvaPatrick Harrison Santana SampaioAndré Raimundo GuimarãesEdval Gomes Dos Santos JúniorPublished in: Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia (2020)
COVID-19 has led to a considerable decrease in the number of consultations in outpatient clinics for cardiology, oncology, and other specialties. There was a concerning decrease in the number of cardiac surgeries, chemotherapy sessions, and radiotherapy sessions during the initial weeks of the pandemic. The number of people seeking care in the cardiac emergency room and the number of admissions to the cardiology ward and ICU also decreased, generating concern regarding the evolution and prognosis of these patients with pathologies other than COVID-19 during this pandemic time. (Arq Bras Cardiol. 2020; [online].ahead print, PP.0-0).
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