As the COVID19 pandemic ravaged the world’s population, we saw hospital populations ebb and flow around the world. With COVID patients filling hospital beds, there was less room for people with acute health problems. In this video, AJM Editor-in-Chief Joseph S. Alpert talks about emergency room and cardiology admissions. You can read “Impact of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Outbreak on Acute Admissions at the Emergency and Cardiology Departments Across Europe” in the April 2021 issue of the American Journal of Medicine at amjmed.com.
