Educating Surgeons to Educate Patients About the COVID-19 Pandemic

The spring of 2020 has been a trying time for the global medical community as it has faced the latest pandemic, COVID-19. This contagious and lethal virus has impacted patients and health care workers alike. Elective surgeries have been suspended, and the very core of our health care system is being...

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Autores principales: Saxena, Arjun, Bullock, Matthew, Danoff, Jonathan R., Rodd, Denise Smith, Fischer, Stuart J., Stronach, Ben M., Levine, Brett R.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier Inc. 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7166105/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32340829
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.arth.2020.04.037
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Sumario:The spring of 2020 has been a trying time for the global medical community as it has faced the latest pandemic, COVID-19. This contagious and lethal virus has impacted patients and health care workers alike. Elective surgeries have been suspended, and the very core of our health care system is being strained. The following brief communication reviews pertinent details about the virus, delaying elective surgeries, and what patients can do during this time. The goal is to disseminate factual data that surgeons can then use to educate their patients.

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