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Title: | Hospitalizations and mortality of patients with heart failure in the COVID-19 era in Peru |
Authors: | Hernandez-Vasquez, Akram Visconti-Lopez, Fabriccio J. Alburqueque-Cruz, Renato Rojas-Roque, Carlos |
Keywords: | COVID-19 Heart failure Hospital mortality Hospitalization Trends Peru |
Issue Date: | 2023 |
Publisher: | Journal of Taibah University Medical Sciences |
Series/Report no.: | Brief Communication;186-189 |
Abstract: | Objectives: The worldwide heart failure (HF) prevalence is 8.52 per 1000 inhabitants, with a global economic burden of 346.17 billion dollars. With the COVID-19 pandemic, the focus of medical care has changed to treating the morbidity and mortality of patients with COVID-19 and reducing medical procedures or visits to patients with HF, with the impact being greater in lowand middle-income countries. Methods: We performed an interrupted time series analysis of HF to determine the changes in the trend of hospitalizations and in-hospital mortality of HF patients before and after the mandatory lockdown in Peru. Results: A total of 18,514 adults were included in the analysis. Monthly hospital admissions immediately decreased by 599 (95% confidence interval [CI]: 113 to 1085) and the difference in slope before and after the lockdown was 6.4 hospital admissions (95% CI: 4 to 18). In-hospital mortality increased by 18% (95% CI: 8%e43%) and the difference in slope before and after the lockdown was 0.3% (95% CI: 0.9%e0.25%). Conclusions: There was a reduction in hospitalizations and an increase in the in-hospital mortality of patients with HF before and after the mandatory lockdown due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Peru. |
URI: | http://localhost:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/7451 |
ISSN: | 1658-3612 |
Appears in Collections: | Vol 18 No 1 (2023) |
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