To face the "first wave" of the pandemic (01/03/2020-15/05/2020), Lombardy's healthcare system was reorganized according to the "Hub-and-Spoke" model, and deferrable inpatient and outpatient activities were suspended. The limitations imposed by COVID-19, associated with patients' fear of presenting to medical attention, may have led to a delay in diagnosis and treatment of time-dependent pathologies. Our multicenter retrospective cohort study aims at analyzing the impact on COVID-negative patients of the shift of medical resources in Lombardy, the Italian epicenter of the pandemic.
The impact of the pandemic for COVID-negative vascular patients: analysis from the Italian epicenter / Civilini, Efrem; Pascucci, Maria G; Baronetto, Noemi; Melloni, Andrea; Vallesi, Virginia; Kahlberg, Andrea; Chiesa, Roberto; Melissano, Germano. - In: INTERNATIONAL ANGIOLOGY. - ISSN 1827-1839. - 41:5(2022), pp. 444-453. [10.23736/S0392-9590.22.04884-2]
The impact of the pandemic for COVID-negative vascular patients: analysis from the Italian epicenter
Melloni, Andrea;Kahlberg, Andrea;Chiesa, Roberto;Melissano, Germano
2022-01-01
Abstract
To face the "first wave" of the pandemic (01/03/2020-15/05/2020), Lombardy's healthcare system was reorganized according to the "Hub-and-Spoke" model, and deferrable inpatient and outpatient activities were suspended. The limitations imposed by COVID-19, associated with patients' fear of presenting to medical attention, may have led to a delay in diagnosis and treatment of time-dependent pathologies. Our multicenter retrospective cohort study aims at analyzing the impact on COVID-negative patients of the shift of medical resources in Lombardy, the Italian epicenter of the pandemic.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
