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Differences in treating patients with palpitations at the primary healthcare level using telemedical device Savvy before and during the COVID-19 pandemic
Staša Vodička, Erika Zelko, 2022, original scientific article

Abstract: Background: Palpitations are one of most common reasons why a patient visits a general practitioner (GP) and is referred to a cardiologist. Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has been associated with new-onset arrhythmias, which are difficult to diagnose at the primary healthcare level during pandemic-related lockdown periods. Methods: A total of 151 patients with a complaint of heart rhythm disorder were included from before and during the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as after the start of vaccination, in this cohort retrospective study. We used a telemedical device-namely, a personal electrocardiographic (ECG) sensor called Savvy-to investigate heart rhythm in patients. The primary outcome of the study was to evaluate the number of actual heart rhythm disorder patients and any differences that infection with or vaccination for COVID-19 had on patients handled in a primary healthcare setting. Results: We found a heart rhythm disorder in 8.6% of patients before the COVID-19 pandemic and in 15.2-17.9% of patients during the COVID-19 pandemic, where the difference was statistically significant (p = 0.002). During the COVID-19 pandemic, we found a heart rhythm disorder in almost 50% of patients that had tested positive for the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2 virus) more than one month ago. After the vaccinations started, we also found a heart rhythm disorder in almost 50% of non-vaccinated patients. Conclusions: Using a telemedical approach or remote consultation is a useful method, at the primary healthcare level, for diagnosing and treating patients with palpitations during times of lockdown.
Keywords: COVID-19 infection, COVID-19 vaccination, cardiac arrhythmia, primary healthcare level, referrals, telemedicine
Published in DKUM: 08.07.2024; Views: 66; Downloads: 5
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Analiza uporabe telekardiologije na primarni zdravstveni ravni
Staša Vodička, 2021, doctoral dissertation

Abstract: Namen: Pri obravnavi bolnika s sumom na motnjo ritma v ambulanti družinske medicine se kljub velikemu napredku medicine na tem področju, velikokrat bolnika napoti h kardiologu. V času digitalne dobe so se pojavile nove tehnologije, ki ponujajo storitve na daljavo, kar se je izkazalo za zelo pomembno v času izrednih razmer kot trenutna pandemija virusa Covid-19. Na Inštitutu Jožefa Štefana so v sodelovanju z zdravniki razvili osebni prenosni merilnik EKG Savvy, ki deluje v kombinaciji s pametnim telefonom in ga lahko uporabljamo pri bolnikih, ki tožijo za motnjami srčnega ritma. Študije so pokazale, da lahko z uporabo podobnih merilnikov pomembno vplivamo na kakovost obravnave bolnika na primarni ravni. Cilji: Cilj naloge je bil analizirati uporabnost telekardiologije v ambulanti zdravnika družinske medicine. S pomočjo bolnikove anamneze o motnji ritma in opravljenega EKG posnetka z uporabo EKG senzorja smo želeli oceniti uporabnost novega orodja in zadovoljstvo bolnikov in njihovih zdravnikov z uporabo pripomočka EKG senzorja pri taki obravnavi na primarni ravni. Prav tako smo želeli narediti okvirno stroškovno analizo uporabe tega orodja na primarni ravni in predlagati klinično pot obravnave bolnikov z motnjami ritma v ambulanti zdravnika družinske medicine. Metode: Izvedli smo intervencijsko randomizirano kontrolirano raziskavo, uporabili smo kvantitativno znanstveno metodologijo. Vključili smo bolnike (n=400) in njihove lečeče zdravnike (n=30), ki so v časovnem obdobju od oktobra 2016 do januarja 2018 obiskali ambulanto družinske medicine in so tožili zaradi motenj srčnega ritma; bolnike smo naključno razdelili v testno skupino, kjer so bolniki dobili EKG merilnik Savvy, in kontrolno skupino, kjer merilnik ni bil nameščen. Bolniki so nato opravili kontrolo čez 5–10 dni ter čez 3 mesece. Na podlagi opravljenih testov in pregledov smo lahko postavili ali ovrgli sum na motnjo srčnega ritma in pregledali intervencije, ki so bile potrebne; predvsem nas je zanimalo število napotenih bolnikov h kardiologu in zadovoljstvo bolnikov ter zdravnikov z uporabljeno metodo. Rezultati: Vključeni bolniki so bili povprečno stari 49,7 let, tri čertitne je bilo žensk. Razlik med skupinama v odkritih motnjah ritma ni bilo (26,0 proti 32,0 %, p=0,186), medtem ko je bilo ob uporabi merilnika EKG napotitev h kardiologu statistično značilno manj kot v kontrolni skupini (11,5 proti 34,0 %, p
Keywords: telekardiologija, primarna zdravstvena oskrba, motnje srčnega ritma, stroškovna učinkovitost
Published in DKUM: 20.07.2021; Views: 1275; Downloads: 139
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