A Dedicated Path to Emergent Thoracic Surgery in COVID-19 Patients: An Italian Institution Protocol

The outbreak of the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) pandemic pointed out that the need to ensure emergent surgery in patients positive for infection is no longer hypothetical. Among emergency procedures, thoracic surgical operations are frequent. A standardized surgical...

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Autores principales: Vanni, Camilla, Maurizi, Giulio, Rocco, Monica, Rendina, Erino Angelo
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: by The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Published by Elsevier 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7230136/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32425203
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.athoracsur.2020.05.007
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Sumario:The outbreak of the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) pandemic pointed out that the need to ensure emergent surgery in patients positive for infection is no longer hypothetical. Among emergency procedures, thoracic surgical operations are frequent. A standardized surgical pathway is mandatory to achieve effective and safe management of this subset of patients. We briefly present the protocol adopted by our thoracic surgery division.

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