scholarly journals Setting Up an Efficient Therapeutic Hypothermia Team in Conscious ST Elevation Myocardial Infarction Patients: A UK Heart Attack Center Experience

2015 ◽  
Vol 5 (4) ◽  
pp. 217-222 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shahed Islam ◽  
James Hampton-Till ◽  
Shah MohdNazri ◽  
Noel Watson ◽  
Ellie Gudde ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Myocardial Infarction ◽  
Therapeutic Hypothermia ◽  
Heart Attack ◽  
St Elevation Myocardial Infarction ◽  
St Elevation

scholarly journals No Evidence for Reduced Hospital Admissions or Increased Deaths from Stroke or Heart Attack During COVID-19

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Katharine Reeves ◽  
Samuel Watson ◽  
Tanya Pankhurst ◽  
Kamlesh Khunti ◽  
Suzy Gallier ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Myocardial Infarction ◽  
Heart Attack ◽  
Hospital Admissions ◽  
Ambulance Service ◽  
St Elevation Myocardial Infarction ◽  
University Hospital ◽  
The West ◽  
West Midlands ◽  
St Elevation ◽  
The Uk

Articles in the UK press have claimed that hospital admissions for heart attack and stroke have declined during the COVID-19 pandemic. However, data from the West Midlands Ambulance Service have not shown any reduction in call-outs for patients with stroke or ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction. This study examined data from University Hospital Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust, comparing admissions from week 1 of 2016 to week 17 of 2019, with the same period in 2020, pre- and post-lockdown. The results showed that there was no evidence of a reduction in the overall mean number of admissions of patients with these conditions in the post-lockdown period.

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