Impact of COVID-19 pandemic on injury prevalence and pattern in the Washington, DC Metropolitan Region: a multicenter study by the American College of Surgeons …

M Chodos, B Sarani, A Sparks, B Bruns… - Trauma Surgery & …, 2021 - tsaco.bmj.com
Background The COVID-19 pandemic has had far-reaching effects on healthcare systems
and society with resultant impact on trauma systems worldwide. This study evaluates the …

Rapid response of an academic surgical department to the COVID-19 pandemic: implications for patients, surgeons, and the community

EM Lancaster, JA Sosa, A Sammann… - Journal of the …, 2020 - journals.lww.com
BACKGROUND: As the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic continues to
spread, swift actions and preparation are critical for ensuring the best outcomes for patients …

Trauma center activity and surge response during the early phase of the COVID-19 pandemic—the Philadelphia story

Z Qasim, LO Sjoholm, J Volgraf, S Sailes… - Journal of Trauma …, 2020 - journals.lww.com
The COVID-19 pandemic has stressed all facets of healthcare delivery. Trauma centers
serve as regional resource sites for high-acuity patients; so careful planning is required to …

[HTML][HTML] Elective surgery in the time of COVID-19

A Diaz, BA Sarac, AR Schoenbrunner… - American journal of …, 2020 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
The SARS-CoV-2 pandemic has placed a significant strain on the United States health care
system, and frontline healthcare workers are rapidly altering their professional …

A nation-wide review of elective surgery and COVID-surge capacity

NK Prasad, BR Englum, DJ Turner, R Lake… - Journal of Surgical …, 2021 - Elsevier
Background The COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in over 225,000 excess deaths in the
United States. A moratorium on elective surgery was placed early in the pandemic to reduce …

Impact of COVID-19 on orthopaedic and trauma service: an epidemiological study

JSH Wong, KMC Cheung - JBJS, 2020 - journals.lww.com
Background: Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has caused substantial disruptions to
orthopaedic and trauma services. The purpose of the present study was to quantify its impact …

Managing COVID-19 in surgical systems

ME Brindle, A Gawande - Annals of surgery, 2020 - journals.lww.com
As COVID-19 spreads quickly from Europe and Asia to the rest of the world, hospitals are
rapidly becoming hot zones for treatment and transmission of this disease in settings with …

[HTML][HTML] Decrease in trauma admissions with COVID-19 pandemic

TH Kamine, A Rembisz, RJ Barron… - Western journal of …, 2020 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Methods We compared trauma admissions and emergency general surgery (EGS) cases
between February 1–April 14 from 2017–2020 in five two-week time periods. Data were …

[PDF][PDF] Covid-19 created an elective surgery backlog: how can hospitals get back on track

A Jain, BK Dai T, CG Myers - Harvard Business Review, 2020 - christophergmyers.phd
Covid-19 has exposed vulnerabilities in health care systems across the United States and
world. To reduce infectious risk to patients and providers, and conserve critical resources …

“Safer at home”: the effect of the COVID-19 lockdown on epidemiology, resource utilization, and outcomes at a large urban trauma center

H Chiba, M Lewis, ER Benjamin… - Journal of trauma and …, 2021 - journals.lww.com
BACKGROUND The COVID-19 pandemic has affected the entire global health care system.
In California, because of a high burden of cases, a lockdown order was announced on …