{"id":8781,"date":"2020-08-06T11:37:47","date_gmt":"2020-08-06T18:37:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/pandemicalliance\/?p=8781"},"modified":"2021-04-06T11:38:39","modified_gmt":"2021-04-06T18:38:39","slug":"lifting-covid-19-shelter-in-place-restrictions-impact-on-heart-failure-hospitalizations-in-northeast-georgia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/pandemicalliance\/2020\/08\/06\/lifting-covid-19-shelter-in-place-restrictions-impact-on-heart-failure-hospitalizations-in-northeast-georgia\/","title":{"rendered":"Lifting COVID-19 Shelter-in-Place Restrictions: Impact on Heart Failure Hospitalizations in Northeast Georgia"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"34\" data-aria-posinset=\"2\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Ling et al.<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">collected data\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">at<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">a large, communi<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">t<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">y health system in Georgia<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0from February 1<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">&#8211;<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">June 12<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">,\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">2020<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0and<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">describe\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">a decrease<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0in heart failure<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u202fhospitalizations\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">during<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0the<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0emergency<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0declaration<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">and\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">s<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">helter-in-<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">p<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">lace\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">periods<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">,<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">followed by a return to<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">a\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">level\u00a0similar to\u00a0baseline\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">after the reopening<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">. These data were compared t<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">o the same period in 2019 (<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Jan 31 to June 12).\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"34\" data-aria-posinset=\"3\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">T<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">he w<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">eekly hospitalization\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">admission r<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">ate for\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">heart failure<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0during weeks 1-5\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">(prior to emergency declaration)\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">were\u00a0comparable (27.4<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\/week<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0in 2019 vs. 28.2<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\/week<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0in 2020<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">).<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">During the state of emergency and\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">shelter-in-place<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">(<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">weeks 6-14<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">)<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, the mean rate\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">of admissions\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">fell<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0by 3<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">7<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">% from 33.2<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\/week<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0in 2019 to 21.1<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\/week<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0in 2020 (p&lt;0.001). From weeks 15-19, two weeks after the reopening, the rate returned to a similar level (28.4<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\/week<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0in 2019 vs<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">.<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a029.8<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\/week<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0in 2020)<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><i><span data-contrast=\"none\">Ling et al. (Aug 2, 2020). Lifting COVID-19 Shelter-in-Place Restrictions: Impact on Heart Failure Hospitalizations in Northeast Georgia. Journal of Cardiac Failure.\u00a0<\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.cardfail.2020.07.017\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.cardfail.2020.07.017<\/span><\/a><i><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0<\/span><\/i><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ling et al.\u00a0collected data\u00a0at\u00a0a large, community health system in Georgia\u00a0from February 1&#8211;June 12,\u00a02020\u00a0and\u00a0describe\u00a0a decrease\u00a0in heart failure\u202fhospitalizations\u00a0during\u00a0the\u00a0emergency\u00a0declaration\u00a0and\u00a0shelter-in-place\u00a0periods,\u00a0followed by a return to\u00a0a\u00a0level\u00a0similar to\u00a0baseline\u00a0after the reopening. These data were compared to the same period in 2019 (Jan 31 to June 12).\u00a0\u00a0 The weekly hospitalization\u00a0admission rate for\u00a0heart failure\u00a0during weeks 1-5\u00a0(prior to emergency declaration)\u00a0were\u00a0comparable (27.4\/week\u00a0in 2019 vs. 28.2\/week\u00a0in 2020).\u00a0During the&#8230;<\/p>\n<div><a class=\"more\" href=\"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/pandemicalliance\/2020\/08\/06\/lifting-covid-19-shelter-in-place-restrictions-impact-on-heart-failure-hospitalizations-in-northeast-georgia\/\">Read more<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"topic":[16],"class_list":["post-8781","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-article-summary","topic-public-health-policy-and-practice"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/pandemicalliance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8781","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/pandemicalliance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/pandemicalliance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/pandemicalliance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/pandemicalliance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8781"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/pandemicalliance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8781\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8782,"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/pandemicalliance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8781\/revisions\/8782"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/pandemicalliance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8781"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/pandemicalliance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8781"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/pandemicalliance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8781"},{"taxonomy":"topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/pandemicalliance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topic?post=8781"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}