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ArticleJournal of clinical medicine2022

Impact of COVID-19 on Head and Neck Cancer Advancement Measured by Increasing Numbers of Urgent Dyspnea Cases-What Could Be Improved in the Event of Subsequent Pandemics?

Wioletta Pietruszewska, Paweł Burduk, Oskar Rosiak, Paulina Podlawska, Bartosz Zakrzewski, Magda Barańska, Magdalena Kowalczyk, Jakub Piątkowski, Grzegorz Śmigielski, Paweł Solarz and 3 more

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Article in Journal of clinical medicine, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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0.7field-weighted citation impact, top 27% of its field
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

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13 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Wioletta PietruszewskaDepartment of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Oncology, Medical University of Lodz, 22 Kopcińskiego Str., 90-153 Lodz, Poland.ORCID 0000-0001-5109-3911
Paweł BurdukDepartment of Otolaryngology, Phoniatrics and Audiology, Collegium Medicum in Bydgoszcz, Nicolaus Copernicus University, 75 Ujejskiego, 85-168 Bydgoszcz, Poland.
Oskar RosiakBalance Disorder Unit, Department of Otolaryngology, Medical University of Lodz, 22 Kopcińskiego Str., 90-153 Lodz, Poland.ORCID 0000-0002-5326-4777
Paulina PodlawskaDepartment of Otolaryngology and Laryngological Oncology, University of Medical Sciences, 49 Przybyszewskiego Str., 60-357 Poznań, Poland.
Bartosz ZakrzewskiDepartment of Otolaryngology and Laryngological Oncology, University of Medical Sciences, 49 Przybyszewskiego Str., 60-357 Poznań, Poland.ORCID 0000-0003-1084-1332
Magda BarańskaDepartment of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Oncology, Medical University of Lodz, 22 Kopcińskiego Str., 90-153 Lodz, Poland.ORCID 0000-0002-2674-9197
Magdalena KowalczykDepartment of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Oncology, Medical University of Lodz, 22 Kopcińskiego Str., 90-153 Lodz, Poland.ORCID 0000-0002-6284-9865
Jakub PiątkowskiDepartment of Otolaryngology, Faculty of Medicine, Medical University of Gdańsk, 17 Smoluchowskiego, 80-214 Gdańsk, Poland.
Grzegorz ŚmigielskiDepartment of Otolaryngology, Faculty of Medicine, Medical University of Gdańsk, 17 Smoluchowskiego, 80-214 Gdańsk, Poland.ORCID 0000-0002-6075-8900
Paweł SolarzDepartment of Otolaryngology, Phoniatrics and Audiology, Collegium Medicum in Bydgoszcz, Nicolaus Copernicus University, 75 Ujejskiego, 85-168 Bydgoszcz, Poland.
Marta StaszakDepartment of Otolaryngology, Phoniatrics and Audiology, Collegium Medicum in Bydgoszcz, Nicolaus Copernicus University, 75 Ujejskiego, 85-168 Bydgoszcz, Poland.
Małgorzata WierzbickaDepartment of Otolaryngology and Laryngological Oncology, University of Medical Sciences, 49 Przybyszewskiego Str., 60-357 Poznań, Poland.
Bogusław MikaszewskiDepartment of Otolaryngology, Faculty of Medicine, Medical University of Gdańsk, 17 Smoluchowskiego, 80-214 Gdańsk, Poland.ORCID 0000-0002-2571-1824
Medical University of Lodz · PLGdańsk Medical University · PLNicolaus Copernicus University · PLPoznan University of Medical Sciences · PL

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The COVID-19 pandemic has altered all aspects of the healthcare system's organization and impacted patients with head and neck cancer (HNC) who have experienced delayed diagnosis and treatment. The pandemic resulted in the admission of patients with severe dyspnea and a need for tracheotomy due to extremely advanced HNC. This study's objective was to evaluate the clinical characteristics of two multi-center cohorts, "pre-COVID-19" and "COVID-19", of HNC patients admitted as emergencies for dyspnea. The therapeutic activity of HNC patients in four University Departments of Otolaryngology was studied over two time periods: September-February 2019/2020 and 2020/2021. A group of 136 HNC patients who underwent a tracheotomy in two-time cohorts, pre-COVID-19 (N = 59) and COVID-19 (N = 77), was analyzed. The mean tracheotomies incidence proportion was 1.82 (SD: 1.12) for the pre-COVID-19 and 3.79 (SD: 2.76) for COVID-19 period. A rise in the occurrence of emergency dyspnea was observed in the COVID-19 cohort, and the greatest increase was seen in the centers with the highest limitations on planned surgeries. In the pre-COVID-19 period, 66% of patients presented with symptoms for more than a month in comparison to 78% of patients in the COVID-19 period (

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COVID-19dyspneahead and neck cancertelehealthurgent tracheotomy

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