Fig 1.
Comparison of hospital admission rates due to cardiovascular diagnoses between 2019 and 2020.
A) Shown are total hospital admissions per day for January 1 through April 30. Righthand y-axis depicts the cumulative SARS-CoV-2 patients for the studied region. B) Shown are discretionary hospital admissions per day for January 1 through April 30. C) Shown are unavoidable hospital admissions per day for January 1 through April 30. (A-C) The mean using curve smoothing ± one standard deviation.
Fig 2.
Analysis of total admissions according to diagnoses during the lock-down period.
Numbers were collected from March 15 to April 30 from 2019 and 2020. Bold label and asterisk indicate a significant difference between 2020 and 2019 in the Poisson Model. (2020 vs. 2019 for unstable angina p = 0.004, HF p = 0.002, COPD p = 0.033, dizziness/syncope p < 0.001). STEMI, ST-elevation myocardial infarction; CPR, cardiopulmonary resuscitation; HF, decompensated heart failure; COPD, exacerbated chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
Fig 3.
Analysis of total admissions according to patient characteristics during the lock-down period.
Numbers were collected from March 15 to April 30 from 2019 and 2020. Bold label and asterisk indicate a significant difference between 2020 and 2019 in the Poisson Model. (2020 vs. 2019 for female p = 0.006, male p = 0.003, age≥60 p < 0.001, suburban p = 0.001, urban p = 0.015).