Impact of COVID 19 on Hospitalization for Thromboembolic Diseases in Germany
Abstract:Objectives: We compared hospitalization rates for thrombotic venous and arterial disease in 2020 and 2021 of the COVID-19 pandemic with the 3-year period from 2017 to 2019 before.
Patients and Methods: Lists of hospitalizations with principal diagnoses of Pulmonary Embolism (PE), Deep Vein (DVT), Sinus Vein (SVT) and Portal Vein Thrombosis (PVT), Budd-Chiari-Syndrome (BCS), Myocardial Infarction (MI), Embolic Stroke (ES), and acute Peripheral Embolism and Thrombosis (PET) were provided by the Federal Statistic… Show more
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