Challenges Faced by an Otolaryngology Resident During Covid-19 Pandemic: An Indian Perspective

SARS-CoV-2 virus causing COVID-19 disease has brought tremendous strain on health care sectors around the world. Being a respiratory disease, COVID-19 has tremendous implications on the otolaryngology residency. Otolaryngology residents are dealing with great apprehension of getting infected while w...

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Autores principales: Sekar, Raghul, Alexander, Arun, Ganesan, Sivaraman
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer India 2020
Materias:
Brief Communication
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7459248/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32904852
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12070-020-02096-1
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Sumario:SARS-CoV-2 virus causing COVID-19 disease has brought tremendous strain on health care sectors around the world. Being a respiratory disease, COVID-19 has tremendous implications on the otolaryngology residency. Otolaryngology residents are dealing with great apprehension of getting infected while working with both COVID-19 and non-COVID patients. Further, drastic change in the routine has affected their residency training. Outpatient and Inpatient care, elective and emergency surgeries which are a crucial part of the residency training have taken a back seat. India being a densely populated country is still in the midst of the pandemic with cases increasing exponentially each day. This article enumerates the challenges faced by an otolaryngology resident during COVID-19 pandemic in a tertiary care hospital in India.

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