Impact of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Outbreak on Emergency Patients Hospitalized With Cardiocerebrovascular Diseases in Osaka Prefecture, Japan　― A Population-Based Study ―

Kenta Tanaka; Yusuke Katayama; Tetsuhisa Kitamura; Hisaya Dohmi; Jun Masui; Tomoya Hirose; Shunichiro Nakao; Jotaro Tachino; Ling Zha; Tomotaka Sobue; Jun Oda; Tetsuya Matsuoka

doi:10.1253/circj.CJ-23-0298

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Impact of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Outbreak on Emergency Patients Hospitalized With Cardiocerebrovascular Diseases in Osaka Prefecture, Japan　― A Population-Based Study ―

Kenta Tanaka, Yusuke Katayama , Tetsuhisa Kitamura, Hisaya Dohmi, Jun Masui, Tomoya Hirose, Shunichiro Nakao, Jotaro Tachino, Ling Zha, Tomotaka Sobue, Jun Oda, Tetsuya Matsuoka

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Kenta Tanaka
Department of Social and Environmental Medicine, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine [Japan]
Yusuke Katayama Corresponding author
Department of Traumatology and Acute Critical Medicine, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine [Japan]
The Working Group to Analyze the Emergency Medical Care System in Osaka Prefecture [Japan]
Tetsuhisa Kitamura
Department of Social and Environmental Medicine, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine [Japan]
The Working Group to Analyze the Emergency Medical Care System in Osaka Prefecture [Japan]
Hisaya Dohmi
The Working Group to Analyze the Emergency Medical Care System in Osaka Prefecture [Japan]
Osaka Prefectural Government [Japan]
Jun Masui
The Working Group to Analyze the Emergency Medical Care System in Osaka Prefecture [Japan]
Osaka Prefectural Government [Japan]
Department of Emergency Medicine, Tane General Hospital [Japan]
Tomoya Hirose
Department of Traumatology and Acute Critical Medicine, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine [Japan]
Shunichiro Nakao
Department of Traumatology and Acute Critical Medicine, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine [Japan]
Jotaro Tachino
Department of Traumatology and Acute Critical Medicine, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine [Japan]
Ling Zha
Department of Social and Environmental Medicine, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine [Japan]
Tomotaka Sobue
Department of Social and Environmental Medicine, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine [Japan]
Jun Oda
Department of Traumatology and Acute Critical Medicine, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine [Japan]
Tetsuya Matsuoka
The Working Group to Analyze the Emergency Medical Care System in Osaka Prefecture [Japan]

Keywords: Cardiocerebrovascular disease, COVID-19, Emergency transport

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2023 Volume 87 Issue 9 Pages 1240-1248

DOI https://doi.org/10.1253/circj.CJ-23-0298

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Abstract

Background: Little is known about the transport and outcomes of emergency patients with cardiocerebrovascular diseases in Japan before and during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Methods and Results: Data were extracted from a population-based registry in Osaka, Japan, from 2019 to 2021. There were almost no differences in the numbers of emergency patients hospitalized with myocardial infarction, stroke, or heart failure or their deaths. However, the number of cases of difficulty obtaining patient acceptance by hospitals increased in 2020 and 2021 compared with 2019.

Conclusions: The numbers of emergency patients hospitalized with cardiocerebrovascular diseases and their deaths in Osaka were not affected by the COVID-19 epidemic.

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