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

Background: To investigate the effects of the COVID-19 lockdowns on the vasculopathic population. Methods: The Divisions of Vascular Surgery of the southern Italian peninsula joined this multicenter retrospective study. Each received a 13-point questionnaire investigating the hospitalization rate of vascular patients in the first 11 months of the COVID-19 pandemic and in the preceding 11 months. Results: 27 out of 29 Centers were enrolled. April-December 2020 (7092 patients) vs. 2019 (9161 patients): post-EVAR surveillance, hospitalization for Rutherford category 3 peripheral arterial disease, and asymptomatic carotid stenosis revascularization significantly decreased (1484 (16.2%) vs. 1014 (14.3%), p = 0.0009; 1401 (15.29%) vs. 959 (13.52%), p = 0.0006; and 1558 (17.01%) vs. 934 (13.17%), p < 0.0001, respectively), while admissions for revascularization or major amputations for chronic limb-threatening ischemia and urgent revascularization for symptomatic carotid stenosis significantly increased (1204 (16.98%) vs. 1245 (13.59%), p < 0.0001; 355 (5.01%) vs. 358 (3.91%), p = 0.0007; and 153 (2.16%) vs. 140 (1.53%), p = 0.0009, respectively). Conclusions: 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.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2022

Erschienen:

2022

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:12

Enthalten in:

Journal of personalized medicine - 12(2022), 7 vom: 19. Juli

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Martelli, Eugenio [VerfasserIn]
Sotgiu, Giovanni [VerfasserIn]
Saderi, Laura [VerfasserIn]
Federici, Massimo [VerfasserIn]
Sangiorgi, Giuseppe [VerfasserIn]
Zamboni, Matilde [VerfasserIn]
Martelli, Allegra R [VerfasserIn]
Accarino, Giancarlo [VerfasserIn]
Bianco, Giuseppe [VerfasserIn]
Bonanno, Francesco [VerfasserIn]
Bracale, Umberto M [VerfasserIn]
Cappello, Enrico [VerfasserIn]
Cioffi, Giovanni [VerfasserIn]
Colacchio, Giovanni [VerfasserIn]
Crinisio, Adolfo [VerfasserIn]
De Vivo, Salvatore [VerfasserIn]
Dionisi, Carlo Patrizio [VerfasserIn]
Flora, Loris [VerfasserIn]
Impedovo, Giovanni [VerfasserIn]
Intrieri, Francesco [VerfasserIn]
Iorio, Luca [VerfasserIn]
Maritati, Gabriele [VerfasserIn]
Modugno, Piero [VerfasserIn]
Monaco, Mario [VerfasserIn]
Natalicchio, Giuseppe [VerfasserIn]
Palazzo, Vincenzo [VerfasserIn]
Petrosino, Fernando [VerfasserIn]
Pompeo, Francesco [VerfasserIn]
Pulli, Raffaele [VerfasserIn]
Razzano, Davide [VerfasserIn]
Ruggieri, Maurizio R [VerfasserIn]
Ruotolo, Carlo [VerfasserIn]
Sangiuolo, Paolo [VerfasserIn]
Vigliotti, Gennaro [VerfasserIn]
Volpe, Pietro [VerfasserIn]
Biello, Antonella [VerfasserIn]
Boggia, Pietro [VerfasserIn]
Boschetti, Michelangelo [VerfasserIn]
Centritto, Enrico M [VerfasserIn]
Condò, Flavia [VerfasserIn]
Cucciolillo, Lucia [VerfasserIn]
D'Amodio, Amodio S [VerfasserIn]
De Laurentis, Mario [VerfasserIn]
Desantis, Claudio [VerfasserIn]
Di Lella, Daniela [VerfasserIn]
Di Nardo, Giovanni [VerfasserIn]
Disabato, Angelo [VerfasserIn]
Ficarelli, Ilaria [VerfasserIn]
Gasparre, Angelo [VerfasserIn]
Giordano, Antonio N [VerfasserIn]
Luongo, Alessandro [VerfasserIn]
Massara, Mafalda [VerfasserIn]
Molinari, Vincenzo [VerfasserIn]
Padricelli, Andrea [VerfasserIn]
Panagrosso, Marco [VerfasserIn]
Petrone, Anna [VerfasserIn]
Pisanello, Serena [VerfasserIn]
Prunella, Roberto [VerfasserIn]
Tedesco, Michele [VerfasserIn]
Settembrini, Alberto M [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Abdominal aortic aneurysm
Amputation
COVID-19
Carotid stenosis
Chronic limb-threatening ischemia
Deep venous thrombosis
Journal Article

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Date Revised 08.03.2023

published: Electronic

Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE

doi:

10.3390/jpm12071170

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NLM344074587