Department of Cardiac Surgery, Fundación Clínica Shaio, Bogota, Colombia; Department of Surgery, El Bosque University, Bogota, Colombia; Dr. Horacio Oduber Hospitaal, Aruba.
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland.
Semin Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2020;32(4):845-851. doi: 10.1053/j.semtcvs.2020.05.002. Epub 2020 May 16.
The need for air-bridging of cardiac patients in the Caribbean for surgical treatment abroad has many downfalls. Besides the burden on national health budgets, the risks involved with transfers, and delayed treatment, patients depend completely on care abroad.
加勒比地区的心脏病人需要空运到国外进行手术治疗，但这存在许多弊端。除了给国家卫生预算带来负担、转运存在风险和治疗延误外，患者完全依赖国外的护理。
