Emergent procedures for oropharyngeal bleeding during the COVID-19 pandemic: Protection of medical staff

During an ongoing pandemic of COVID-19, controlling the oropharyngeal bleeding, such as post-tonsillectomy hemorrhage, with cauterization is considered a very vulnerable procedure for medical staff because of high probability of exposure to aerosolized secretion. The authors aimed to introduce an ap...

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Autores principales: Lee, Dong-Hyun, Kim, Subin, Kim, Ji-Sun, Kim, Byung Guk, Chang, Ki-Hong, Park, Jun-Ook
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier Inc. 2020
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Review Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7832434/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32516658
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.amjoto.2020.102583
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Sumario:During an ongoing pandemic of COVID-19, controlling the oropharyngeal bleeding, such as post-tonsillectomy hemorrhage, with cauterization is considered a very vulnerable procedure for medical staff because of high probability of exposure to aerosolized secretion. The authors aimed to introduce an appropriate treatment protocol for oropharyngeal bleeding that provides first aid to patients while protecting medical staff at high-risk of infection such as COVID-19.

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