Epidemiology of emergency calls for time-dependent acute illnesses during COVID-19 outbreak in Umbria region (Italy)

Ann Ig. 2021 Mar-Apr;33(2):198-200. doi: 10.7416/ai.2020.2392. Epub 2020 Dec 3.

Authors

F Paciullo¹, D Giannandrea², V Gianfredi³, F Borgognoni¹, P Verdecchia⁴, P D L'Angiocola⁵, M Monti¹

Affiliations

¹ Emergency Department USL Assisi Hospital, USL UMBRIA1, Italy.
² Neurology Department, Stroke Unit, Gubbio-Gualdo Tadino and Città di Castello Hospitals, USL Umbria 1, Perugia, Italy.
³ School of Medicine, Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milan, Italy.
⁴ Fondazione Umbra Cuore e Ipertensione, Perugia, Italy.
⁵ Department of Cardiology, San Giovanni di Dio Hospital, Gorizia - ASUGI, Italy.

PMID: 33258867
DOI: 10.7416/ai.2020.2392

Abstract

The recent literature reported an inverse correlation between COVID-19 pandemic and hospital admissions for Acute Coronary Syndromes (ACS).

Publication types

Letter

MeSH terms

Acute Coronary Syndrome / epidemiology*
Acute Disease
COVID-19 / epidemiology*
COVID-19 / mortality
Call Centers / statistics & numerical data
Chi-Square Distribution
Emergency Service, Hospital / statistics & numerical data*
Heart Arrest / epidemiology*
Humans
Italy / epidemiology
Pandemics
Stroke / epidemiology*