Observational studyEuropean radiology2020
Longitudinal study of interventional radiology activity in a large metropolitan Italian tertiary care hospital: how the COVID-19 pandemic emergency has changed our activity.
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- Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on interventional radiology services across the world.Clinical radiology · 2021Pooled it
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- An evaluation of the impact of the Coronavirus (COVID 19) pandemic on interventional radiographers' wellbeing.Journal of medical imaging and radiation sciences · 2022Article
- Imaging volumes during COVID-19: A Victorian health service experience.World journal of radiology · 2022Article
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- The Impact of COVID-19 on Interventional Radiology Practice Worldwide: Results from a Global Survey.Cardiovascular and interventional radiology · 2022Article
- Evaluation of the Diagnostic Accuracy of Nasal Cavity and Nasopharyngeal Swab Specimens for SARS-CoV-2 Detection via Rapid Antigen Test According to Specimen Collection Timing and Viral Load.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- The impact of COVID-19 on radiological findings in patients accessing the emergency department: a multicentric study.Polish journal of radiology · 2022Article
- COVID-19 Intelligence-Driven Operational Response Platform: Experience of a Large Tertiary Multihospital System in the Middle East.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Article
- Impact of COVID-19 pandemic on radiology education, training, and practice: A narrative review.World journal of radiology · 2021Review
- Dreams and Nightmares during the First and Second Wave of the COVID-19 Infection: A Longitudinal Study.Brain sciences · 2021Article
- The Covid-19 Pandemic Constraints May Lead to Disease Progression for Patients with Liver Cancer Scheduled to Receive Locoregional Therapies: Single-Centre Retrospective Analysis in an Interventional Radiology Unit.Cardiovascular and interventional radiology · 2021Article
- Is IR an Essential Hospital Service? Analysis of Trauma Procedures at a Level 1 Centre During the First Wave of COVID-19 Pandemic in Australia.Cardiovascular and interventional radiology · 2021Article
- How the Workload and Outcome of Imaging Examinations Changed During the COVID-19 Pandemic Lockdown.Acta bio-medica : Atenei Parmensis · 2020Article
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Abstract
objectivesTo retrospectively analyze interventional radiology (IR) activity changes in the COVID-19 era and to describe how to safely and effectively reorganize IR activity.
methodsAll IR procedures performed between January 30 and April 8, 2020 (COVID-era group) and the same 2019 period (non-COVID-era group) were retrospectively included and compared. A sub-analysis for the lockdown period (LDP: 11 March-8 April) was also conducted. Demographic, hospitalization, clinical, and procedural data were obtained for both groups and statistically compared with univariable analysis.
resultsA total of 1496 procedures (non-COVID era, 825; COVID era, 671) performed in 1226 patients (64.9 ± 15.1 years, 618 women) were included. The number of procedures decreased by 18.6% between 2019 and 2020 (825 vs 671, p < .001), with a reduction by 48.2% in LDP (188 vs 363, p < .0001). In the LDP COVID era, bedside procedures were preferred (p = .013), with an increase in procedures from the intensive care unit compared with the emergency department and outpatients (p = .048), and an increased activity for oncological patients (p = .003). No incidents of cross-infection of non-infected from infected patients and no evidence of COVID-19 infection of healthcare workers in the IR service was registered.
conclusionsCoronavirus disease outbreak changed the interventional radiology activity with an overall reduction in the number of procedures. However, this study confirms that interventional radiology continuum of care can be safely performed also during the pandemic, following defined measures and protocols, taking care of all patients. KEY POINTS: • Coronavirus disease pandemic determined a reduction of interventional radiology activity as compared to the same period of the previous year. • Interventional radiology procedures for life-threatening conditions and non-deferrable oncologic treatments were prioritized as opposed to elective procedures. • Strict adoption of safe procedures allowed us to have until now no incidents of cross-infection of non-infected from infected patients and no evidence of COVID-19 infection of HCWs in the IR service.
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