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Effect Of Covid-19 Pandemic On The Cardiac Outpatients’ Perception Of Seeking Medical Advice, Sondos Samargandy, Turki A. Al Garni, Abdulrahman Almoghairi, Mohammed Alahmari, Bandar Alshehri, Mohammed Mosaad, Jamal Ahmed, Hussein Alamri, Shaza Samargandy
Effect Of Covid-19 Pandemic On The Cardiac Outpatients’ Perception Of Seeking Medical Advice, Sondos Samargandy, Turki A. Al Garni, Abdulrahman Almoghairi, Mohammed Alahmari, Bandar Alshehri, Mohammed Mosaad, Jamal Ahmed, Hussein Alamri, Shaza Samargandy
Journal of the Saudi Heart Association
Background:
During this unprecedented time of COVID-19 pandemic, it was noticed a decline in cardiovascular cases presentation to the Emergency rooms in many countries, raising many speculations about the reasons and its ramifications?
Objectives:
1-Identify the reasons during this pandemic that refrain patients from seeking medical care and its impact on stress level and medication adherence.
2- emphasize the new role of virtual medicine.
Methods:
A quantitative descriptive cross-section survey study of 388 patients. It has been done in the cardiac outpatient department and conducted virtually through telemedicine.
Results:
Despite this pandemic and its consensuses, the majority of cardiac outpatients …
Health Care Delivery For Heart Failure Patients During The Covid-19 Pandemic; A Consensus Of The Saudi Heart Failure Working Group (Saudi-Hf), Abeer Bakhsh, Maryam Alqaseer, Fakhr Alayoubi, Rima S. Bader, Kamal Alghalayini, Abdelfatah Elasfar, Waleed Alhabeeb
Health Care Delivery For Heart Failure Patients During The Covid-19 Pandemic; A Consensus Of The Saudi Heart Failure Working Group (Saudi-Hf), Abeer Bakhsh, Maryam Alqaseer, Fakhr Alayoubi, Rima S. Bader, Kamal Alghalayini, Abdelfatah Elasfar, Waleed Alhabeeb
Journal of the Saudi Heart Association
The Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic led to global and national rapid health system changes to treat the affected patients and prevent the spread of the virus. The social distancing, redirecting resources, and nationwide lockdown led to the cancellation of non-urgent hospital visits and interruption of continuity of care for patients with chronic cardiac conditions such as heart failure (HF). This consensus document addresses the domains of health care delivery that are affected by the pandemic. It explains the current situation of health care delivery to heart failure patients and further recommendation on how to overcome this. Thus, maintaining quality …
The Impact Of Covid-19 Pandemic On The Hospital Management Of Tavi Patients: Tavi Team Thoughts And Recommendation, Mohamed Balgaith, Ahmed Arifi, Dalia Ahmed, A. Mounir Metwally
The Impact Of Covid-19 Pandemic On The Hospital Management Of Tavi Patients: Tavi Team Thoughts And Recommendation, Mohamed Balgaith, Ahmed Arifi, Dalia Ahmed, A. Mounir Metwally
Journal of the Saudi Heart Association
The COVID-19 Pandemic has put enormous pressure on the healthcare system globally, causing many healthcare organizations all over the world to cancel or stop elective procedures in their cardiac catheterization Labs. This delay in the elective procedures with no doubt has led to a suspension of patient care primarily to those with severe aortic stenosis, which might place them at higher risk for cardiovascular complications like sudden death and heart failure.
Health Care Worker (HCW) faced with the uncertainty of contracting infections while performing procedures in patients with a confirmed diagnosis of COVID-19 or suspected cases. This unprecedented situation is …