What are the differences in types of congenital heart disease procedures in children during periods of lockdown and relaxation of lockdown, compared to before the COVID-19 pandemic?
Arun Karthikeyan Suseeladevi, Rachel Denholm, Sonya Babu-Narayan, Shubhra Sinha, Serban Stoica, Tim Dong, Gianni Angelini, Cathie Sudlow, Venexia Walker, Katherine Brown, Massimo Caputo, Deborah A Lawlor, on behalf of the CVD-COVID-UK/COVID-IMPACT Consortium
The COVID-19 pandemic necessitated major re-allocation of health care services. Our aim was to assess the impact on pediatric procedures for congenital heart disease during different periods of the COVID-19 pandemic compared to the pre-pandemic period to inform appropriate responses to future major disruptions of health services.
Preprint available here: https://doi.org/10.1101/2024.05.20.24307597
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This is a sub-project of project CCU007 approved by the CVD-COVID-UK / COVID-IMPACT Approvals & Oversight Board (sub-project: CCU007_01).
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