Article: Impact of COVID-19 pandemic on pediatric cardiac services in India.
Annals of pediatric cardiology
2021 Volume 14, Issue 3, Page(s) 260–268
Abstract: Background: COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted pediatric cardiac services across the globe. Limited data are available on the impact of COVID.19 on pediatric cardiac care in India.: Aims: The aims are to study the impact of COVID-19 pandemic on the care ...
| Abstract | Background: COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted pediatric cardiac services across the globe. Limited data are available on the impact of COVID.19 on pediatric cardiac care in India. Aims: The aims are to study the impact of COVID-19 pandemic on the care of children with heart disease in India in terms of number of outpatient visits, hospitalizations, catheter-based interventions, and cardiac surgeries. Settings and design: This is a retrospective, multicentric, observational study. Methods: We collected monthly data on the number and characteristics of outpatient visits, hospitalizations, catheter-based interventions, and cardiac surgeries and major hospital statistics, over a period of 5 months (April to August 2020), which coincided with the first wave of COVID-19 pandemic in India and compared it with data from the corresponding months in 2019. Results: The outpatient visits across the 24 participating pediatric cardiac centers decreased by 74.5% in 2020 ( Conclusions: The current COVID-19 pandemic significantly impacted the delivery of pediatric cardiac care across India with two-third reduction in hospitalizations and cardiac surgeries. In an already resource-constrained environment, the impact of such a massive reduction in the number of surgeries could be significant over the coming years. These findings may prove useful in formulating strategy to manage subsequent waves of ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. |
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| Language | English |
| Publishing date | 2021-08-26 |
| Publishing country | India |
| Document type | Journal Article |
| ZDB-ID | 2430956-4 |
| ISSN | 0974-5149 ; 0974-2069 |
| ISSN (online) | 0974-5149 |
| ISSN | 0974-2069 |
| DOI | 10.4103/apc.apc_133_21 |
| Database | MEDical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System OnLINE |
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