Informed Consent for Surgery During COVID-19

Informed consent has become a challenging issue when surgery at the time of novel corona virus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is to be performed, in view of increased risk of the need of intensive care unit (ICU) in the post-operative period and the associated high mortality if a patient exhibits COVID-19...

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Autores principales: Bhattacharya, Neela, Bhattacharya, Kaushik
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer India 2020
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Surgical Techniques and Innovations
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7205480/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32390694
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12262-020-02283-y
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description Informed consent has become a challenging issue when surgery at the time of novel corona virus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is to be performed, in view of increased risk of the need of intensive care unit (ICU) in the post-operative period and the associated high mortality if a patient exhibits COVID-19 symptoms in the post-operative period. We have devised a new informed consent format for all patients undergoing surgery incorporating a few points specific for the disease.
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spelling pubmed-72054802020-05-08 Informed Consent for Surgery During COVID-19 Bhattacharya, Neela Bhattacharya, Kaushik Indian J Surg Surgical Techniques and Innovations Informed consent has become a challenging issue when surgery at the time of novel corona virus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is to be performed, in view of increased risk of the need of intensive care unit (ICU) in the post-operative period and the associated high mortality if a patient exhibits COVID-19 symptoms in the post-operative period. We have devised a new informed consent format for all patients undergoing surgery incorporating a few points specific for the disease. Springer India 2020-05-08 2020-06 /pmc/articles/PMC7205480/ /pubmed/32390694 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12262-020-02283-y Text en © Association of Surgeons of India 2020 This article is made available via the PMC Open Access Subset for unrestricted research re-use and secondary analysis in any form or by any means with acknowledgement of the original source. These permissions are granted for the duration of the World Health Organization (WHO) declaration of COVID-19 as a global pandemic.
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