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Orthopaedic patient workflow in CoViD-19 pandemic in Italy

CoViD-19 epidemic started in China in late December 2019, and soon spread, turning into a pandemic. All medical specialties have soon been involved in the management of CoViD-19 patients; the daily Orthopaedic activity has been affected profoundly by this dramatic health emergency. The present paper...

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Autores principales: Bettinelli, Giulia, Delmastro, Elena, Salvato, Damiano, Salini, Vincenzo, Placella, Giacomo
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7195001/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32372852
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jor.2020.04.006
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Sumario:CoViD-19 epidemic started in China in late December 2019, and soon spread, turning into a pandemic. All medical specialties have soon been involved in the management of CoViD-19 patients; the daily Orthopaedic activity has been affected profoundly by this dramatic health emergency. The present paper aims to summarize all the measures and changes that had to be made in order to avoid the healthcare system collapse in the most affected areas, and provides an operative flowchart.