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Rev Med UAS 2020; 10 (2)

Recommendations for health personnel on the management of surgical patients during COVID-19 Pandemic

Bolívar-Rodríguez MA, Pamanes-Lozano A, Cázarez-Aguilar MA, Ortiz-Bojórquez JC, Magaña-Zavala PA, Morgan-Ortiz F, Osuna-Wong BA, Niebla-Moreno JM

Language: Spanish
References: 19
Page: 95-104
PDF size: 903.21 Kb.


ABSTRACT

Compared to the general population, there is an increased risk of SARS-CoV-2 contagion in patients admitted to hospitalization as well as the working health personnel. Due to the lack of a vaccine, risk reduction will be hard to acquire. Surgical patients involve even a higher production of droplets and aerosol suspension. Therefore, every patient admitted to the operating room should be considered COVID-19 positive until ruled otherwise. Human and material resources should be identified for emergency and scheduled surgery during the pandemic. We elaborated a risk reduction scheme following international recommendations, clinical experience and resource accessibility.


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