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Cardiac Surgery Services During the COVID-19 Outbreak: Surgeons’ Thoughts

Cardiac surgeons during this pandemic crisis have a responsibility to ensure that essential elective cardiac operations are provided at their centers to the public, at the same time, they have to face administrative demands as well as the infection prevention guidelines and restrictions to protect t...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Arifi, Ahmed A., Alghamdi, Abdullah A.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Saudi Heart Association 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7735961/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33329995
http://dx.doi.org/10.37616/2212-5043.1023
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Sumario:Cardiac surgeons during this pandemic crisis have a responsibility to ensure that essential elective cardiac operations are provided at their centers to the public, at the same time, they have to face administrative demands as well as the infection prevention guidelines and restrictions to protect themselves and their patients. Here, we describe the patient and procedures characteristics that we recommend to protect our patients and the healthcare workers.