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. 2020 May 23;395(10237):e93-e94.
doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(20)31031-X. Epub 2020 May 14.

Emergency ambulance services for heart attack and stroke during UK's COVID-19 lockdown

Jenny Lumley Holmes  1 , Simon Brake  2 , Mark Docherty  1 , Richard Lilford  3 , Sam Watson  2
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Emergency ambulance services for heart attack and stroke during UK's COVID-19 lockdown

Jenny Lumley Holmes et al. Lancet. .
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Time series of weekly callouts for STEMI and stroke Upper panels how number of weekly ambulance callouts for STEMI (left) and stroke (right), with mean (solid red line) and two standard deviation (dashed red lines) marked. Bottom panels show the proportionate year-on-year change in weekly ambulance callouts for STEMI (left) and stroke (right). Shaded grey areas indicate weeks 13 to 16 of the year, corresponding to the UK's lockdown period up to April 19, 2020. STEMI=ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction.
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References

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