Indirect implications of COVID-19 prevention strategies on non-communicable diseases

BMC Medicine

Albertino Damasceno¹  Dong Zhao²  Ilaria Marzotti³  Pietro A. Modesti³  Gianfranco Parati⁴  Charles Agyemang⁵  Alexandre Persu⁶  Luc Van Bortel⁷  Aletta E. Schutte⁸  Jiguang Wang⁹  Mohamed Bamoshmoosh^1,10  Faical Jarraya^1,11 

[1] Department of Cardiology, Faculty of Medicine, Eduardo Mondlane University;Department of Epidemiology, Beijing Anzhen Hospital, Capital Medical University;Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, School of Medicine, Universita’ degli Studi di Firenze, Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria Careggi;Department of Medicine and Surgery, University of Milano-Bicocca, Department of Cardiology, S. Luca Hospital, IRCCS Istituto Auxologico Medicine and Surgery;Department of Public & Occupational Health, Amsterdam Public Health (APH) Research Institute, Amsterdam University Medical Centres, University of Amsterdam;Division of Cardiology, Cliniques Universitaires Saint-Luc and Pole of Cardiovascular Research, Institut de Recherche Expérimentale et Clinique, Université catholique de Louvain;Division of Clinical Pharmacology, Department of Basic and Applied Medical Sciences, Ghent University;Hypertension in Africa Research Team, North-West University;The Shanghai Institute of Hypertension, Ruijin Hospital, Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine;University of Science and Technology;Université de Sfax, Laboratoire de Recherche LR19ES11 (Ex. UR12ES14), Faculté de Médecine;

关键词: Coronavirus;    Non-communicable diseases;    Hypertension;    Diabetes;    Cardiovascular disease;    Cancer;   

DOI  :  10.1186/s12916-020-01723-6

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

Abstract Background After its outbreak in China, the novel COronaVIrus Disease 19 is spreading across the globe. It is an emergency the world has never seen before. Main text The attention of health systems is mainly focused on COronaVIrus Disease 19 patients and on the risk that intensive care units might be overwhelmed by the serious pulmonary complications. Different countries are also attempting to establish infection prevention and control strategies which proved effective in China where the outbreak was initially reported. We reflect on important lessons to be learnt from different countries. The effects that infection prevention and control strategies, such as social distancing or isolation, can have on the care of millions of patients with non-communicable diseases, who may be indirectly affected, have not been taken into consideration so much. Conclusions When dealing with COronaVIrus Disease 19, policy makers and healthcare personnel should consider the indirect effects on the treatment of non-communicable diseases.

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