How the First Year of the COVID-19 Pandemic Impacted Patients' Hospital Admission and Care in the Vascular Surgery Divisions of the Southern Regions of the Italian Peninsula.
Eugenio MartelliGiovanni SotgiuLaura SaderiMassimo FedericiGiuseppe Massimo SangiorgiMatilde ZamboniAllegra R MartelliGiancarlo AccarinoGiuseppe BiancoFrancesco BonannoUmberto Marcello BracaleEnrico CappelloGiovanni CioffiGiovanni ColacchioAdolfo CrinisioSalvatore De VivoCarlo Patrizio DionisiLoris FloraGiovanni ImpedovoFrancesco IntrieriLuca IorioGabriele MaritatiPiero ModugnoMario MonacoGiuseppe NatalicchioVincenzo PalazzoFernando PetrosinoFrancesco PompeoRaffaele PulliDavide RazzanoMaurizio R RuggieriCarlo RuotoloPaolo SangiuoloGennaro VigliottiPietro VolpeAntonella BielloPietro BoggiaMichelangelo BoschettiEnrico M CentrittoFlavia CondòLucia CucciolilloAmodio S D'AmodioMario De LaurentisClaudio DesantisDaniela Di LellaGiovanni Di NardoAngelo DisabatoIlaria FicarelliAngelo GasparreAntonio N GiordanoAlessandro LuongoMafalda MassaraVincenzo MolinariAndrea PadricelliMarco PanagrossoAnna PetroneSerena PisanelloRoberto PrunellaMichele TedescoAlberto Maria SettembriniPublished in: Journal of personalized medicine (2022)
The suspension of elective procedures during the COVID-19 pandemic caused a significant reduction in post-EVAR surveillance, and in the hospitalization of asymptomatic carotid stenosis revascularization and Rutherford 3 peripheral arterial disease. Consequentially, we observed a significant increase in admissions for urgent revascularization for symptomatic carotid stenosis, as well as for revascularization or major amputations for chronic limb-threatening ischemia.
Keyphrases
- percutaneous coronary intervention
- coronary artery bypass grafting
- end stage renal disease
- healthcare
- minimally invasive
- newly diagnosed
- ejection fraction
- chronic kidney disease
- emergency department
- public health
- prognostic factors
- coronary artery bypass
- palliative care
- quality improvement
- patients undergoing
- acute coronary syndrome
- affordable care act
- patient reported