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COVID 19—A Spanish perspective
Author(s) -
Pérez de la Sota Enrique,
Piñón Miguel,
Quintana Eduard,
Mestres Carlos A.
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
journal of cardiac surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.428
H-Index - 58
eISSN - 1540-8191
pISSN - 0886-0440
DOI - 10.1111/jocs.14994
Subject(s) - medicine , covid-19 , epidemiology , perspective (graphical) , population , health care , medical emergency , family medicine , emergency medicine , environmental health , virology , disease , infectious disease (medical specialty) , economics , economic growth , artificial intelligence , outbreak , computer science
Background COVID‐19 hit hard worldwide. There has been an impact on global activity of cardiac surgery. Spain has been one of the hardest hit countries with one of the highest per population incidences and death. Methods The following is an overview of the epidemiology and impact on resources, the caseload and surgical societal implemented recommendations, the description of the ECMO activity and nosocomial transmission among healthcare workers. Results There was a reduction of 5‐6 times of the regular caseload. As of July 17, 160 ECMO implants were performed. In a 13‐center survey, at least 1 staff surgeon had SARS‐COV‐19 infection. Conclusion Cardiac surgical activity has suffered a negative impact all over the country.