SynthesisJournal of cardiac surgery2020
Telemedicine in cardiovascular surgery during COVID-19 pandemic: A systematic review and our experience.
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- Telemedicine in cardiovascular surgery during COVID-19 pandemic: A systematic review and our experience.Journal of cardiac surgery · 2020Pooled it
- Telemedicine technologies and applications in the era of COVID-19 pandemic: A systematic review.Health informatics journalPooled it
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- The Potential of Cardiac Telerehabilitation as Delivery Rehabilitation Care Model in Heart Failure during COVID-19 and Transmissible Disease Outbreak: A Systematic Scoping Review of the Latest RCTs.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2022Article
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- Exploring the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on cardiac surgical services: A scoping review.Journal of cardiac surgery · 2021Article
- Cardiac surgery services during COVID-19-what did we learn?Journal of cardiac surgery · 2021Article
- Implementation of a mHealth solution to remotely monitor patients on a cardiac surgical waiting list: service evaluation.JAMIA open · 2021Article
- The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on wellness among vascular surgeons.Seminars in vascular surgery · 2021Review
- Current and future use of telemedicine in surgical clinics during and beyond COVID-19: A narrative review.Annals of medicine and surgery (2012) · 2021Review
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4 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
objectiveThe SAR-COV-2 pandemic has had an unprecedented effect on the UK's healthcare systems. To reduce spread of the virus, elective treatments and surgeries have been postponed or canceled. There has been a rise in the use of telemedicine (TM) as an alternative way to carry outpatient consultations. This systematic review aims to evaluate the extent to which TM may be able to support cardiac and vascular surgery patients in the COVID-19 era.
methodsWe looked into how TM can support the management of patients via triaging, preoperative, and postoperative care. Evaluations targeted the clinical effectiveness of common TM methods and the feasibility of applying those methods in the UK during this pandemic.
resultsSeveral studies have published their evidence on the benefit of TM and its benefit during COVID-19, the data related to cardiovascular surgery and how this will impact future practice of this speciality is emerging and yet larger studies with appropriate timing of outcomes to be published.
conclusionOverall, the use of virtual consultations and remote monitoring is feasible and best placed to support these patients via triaging and postoperative monitoring. However, TM can be limited by the need of sophisticated technological requirement and patients' educational and know-how computer literacy level.
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