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The Impact of COVID-19 on Interventional Radiology Services in the UK.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has created unprecedented challenges on the healthcare system. The aim of this multi-centre study was to measure the impact of COVID-19 on IR services in the UK.

Material and methods

Retrospective cross-sectional study of IR practice in six UK centres during the COVID-19 pandemic was carried out. All therapeutic IR procedures were identified using the respective hospital radiology information systems and COVID-19 status found on the hospital patient record systems. The total number of therapeutic IR procedures was recorded over two time periods, 25/03/2019-21/04/2019 (control group) and 30/03/2020-26/04/2020 (COVID-19 group). The data points collected were: procedure type, aerosol-generating nature, acute or elective case, modality used, in- or out-of-hours case and whether the procedure was done at the bedside (portable).

Results

A 31% decrease in overall number of IR procedures was observed during COVID-19 compared to the control group (1363 cases vs 942 cases); however, the acute work decreased by only 0.5%. An increase in out-of-hours work by 10% was observed. COVID-19 was suspected or laboratory proved in 9.9% of cases (n?=?93), and 15% of total cases (n?=?141) were classed as aerosol-generating procedures. A 66% rise in cholecystostomy was noted during COVID-19. Image-guided ablation, IVC filters, aortic stent grafting and visceral vascular stenting had the greatest % decreases in practice during COVID-19, with 91.7%, 83.3%, 80.8% and 80.2% decreases, respectively.

Conclusion

During the global pandemic, IR has continued to provide emergency and elective treatment highlighting the adaptability of IR in supporting other specialties.

SUBMITTER: Zhong J

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7609351 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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The Impact of COVID-19 on Interventional Radiology Services in the UK.

Zhong Jim J Datta Anubhav A Gordon Thomas T Adams Sophie S Guo Tianyu T Abdelaziz Mazin M Barbour Fraser F Palkhi Ebrahim E Adusumilli Pratik P Oomerjee Mohammed M Lake Edward E Walker Paul P

Cardiovascular and interventional radiology 20201103 1

<h4>Introduction</h4>The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has created unprecedented challenges on the healthcare system. The aim of this multi-centre study was to measure the impact of COVID-19 on IR services in the UK.<h4>Material and methods</h4>Retrospective cross-sectional study of IR practice in six UK centres during the COVID-19 pandemic was carried out. All therapeutic IR procedures were identified using the respective hospital radiology information systems and COVID-19 status found on ...[more]

PMID: 33145699

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The Impact of COVID-19 on Interventional Radiology Services in the UK.

Introduction

Material and methods

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The Impact of COVID-19 on Interventional Radiology Services in the UK.

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