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2020, Number 2

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Rev Mex Cir Torac Gen 2020; 1 (2)

Recommendations for the performance of tracheostomies and thoracic surgery during the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic

Sánchez-Soto CA, Armas-Zárate F, Loyola-García U, Iñiguez-García MA, Guzmán-De AE, Wong-Jaen M, Vélez-Rosas AJ, Morales-Gómez J, Téllez-Becerra JL, Silva-Vivas JA, Vargas-Abrego B, Olivares-Torres CA, Armando-Estrella J, Castillo-Ortega G

Language: Spanish
References: 25
Page: 51-59
PDF size: 225.27 Kb.


ABSTRACT

In December 2019, a group of patients in Wuhan, China, aroused the interest of health authorities by presenting a picture of atypical pneumonia, setting the stage for the discovery of a new virus that the World Health Organization (WHO) designated as novel coronavirus 2019 (2019-nCoV) on January 7, 2020. The new virus quickly reached pandemic status because of its ease of transmission through respiratory particles. The clinical presentation includes anorexia, odinophagia, myalgia, fever, dry cough and dyspnea. The sudden deterioration and respiratory failure of patients has made mechanical ventilation play a vital role in the treatment of severely ill patients, despite prolonged intubation, SARS-CoV-2 infected patients should be considered as a special population, so the performance of tracheostomies has special considerations. This work highlights the importance of preserving the safety of the specialized medical teams that continue to work in the care of these patients. A greater effort should be made to minimize the number of infections and deaths among health care workers. The SMCTG conducted a review of the available scientific evidence to issue the following safety recommendations to those performing surgical procedures on patients with SARS-CoV-2.


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