The impact of COVID-19 pandemic on the cardiology services in Northern Jordan

Ibdah, Rasheed; Rawashdeh, Sukaina I.; Al-Kasasbeh, Abdullah; Al-Balas, Mahmoud; Obeidat, Nail; Alrabadi, Nasr

doi:10.1016/j.amsu.2020.11.046

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“…Those whose problems were not solved over the phone were advised to visit the ED for further evaluation. (11) Tunisia Tunisia is a small country in North Africa. Between January and February 2020, the number of acute coronary syndrome cases tend to increase in comparison to the same period in 2019, in March and April 2020 the number of STEMI decreased as well as the number of NSTEMI in comparison with March and April 2019.…”

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Changing in ACS management during COVID pandemic in Egypt and some different Arab countries

Gaber,

Atef,

Zarif

2024

Journal of the Medical Research Institute

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COVID-19 is a global pandemic that spread rapidly around the world. It led to changes in management plans for different diseases due to the occupation of the health services and staff with the COVID battel, in addition to lockdown consequences. Cardiac emergency management, such as ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction, was affected at multiple levels by the COVID-19 pandemic, including a delay in patients' threshold to call emergency medical services, decreased availability of ambulances, increased waiting time in the emergency departments, and time delay in percutaneous coronary intervention due to the time consumed for personal protective measures. ESC released a guide based on the experiences of healthcare workers to help in decisionmaking in different cases. The guide recommended various diagnostic modalities to detect vulnerable patients, but all these modalities have different limitations. Egypt,

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Section: Bahrainmentioning

confidence: 99%