COVID-19: Key Concepts for the Surgeon()

In view of the current pandemic by SARS-CoV-2 it deems essential to understand the key concepts about the infection: its epidemiological origin, presentation, clinical course, diagnosis and treatment (still experimental in many cases). The knowledge about the virus is still limited, but as the pande...

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Autores principales: Rubio-Pérez, Inés, Badía, Josep M., Mora-Rillo, Marta, Martín Quirós, Alejandro, García Rodríguez, Julio, Balibrea, Jose M.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: AEC. Published by Elsevier España, S.L.U. 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7253947/
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cireng.2020.05.009
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Sumario:In view of the current pandemic by SARS-CoV-2 it deems essential to understand the key concepts about the infection: its epidemiological origin, presentation, clinical course, diagnosis and treatment (still experimental in many cases). The knowledge about the virus is still limited, but as the pandemic progresses and the physiopathology of the disease is understood, new evidence is being massively published. Surgical specialists are facing an unprecedented situation: they must collaborate in the ER or medical wards attending these patients, while still needing to make decisions about surgical patients with probable COVID-19. The present narrative review aims to summarize the most relevant aspects and synthetize concepts on COVID-19 for surgeons.

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