Pre-operative COVID-19 testing and decolonization

M Morris, A Pierce, B Carlisle… - … Journal of Surgery, 2020 - americanjournalofsurgery.com
As the COVID-19 pandemic sweeps through the world, the practice of healthcare is
changing. On March 14, 2020, US Surgeon General Jerome Adams recommended that …

COVID-19–Implications on and of Surgical Practices: Where do we draw the line?

NG Kumar, BC Drolet - Annals of surgery, 2020 - journals.lww.com
As the number of individuals affected by the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) continues to
increase globally, measures have been implemented to curtail the spread of the virus. In …

Should this operation proceed? when residents and faculty disagree during the COVID-19 pandemic and recovery

J Tseng, KK Roggin, P Angelos - Annals of Surgery, 2020 - journals.lww.com
At the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, nonurgent elective surgeries were recommended to
be postponed. 1 Now, as hospitals across the country have seen their COVID-19 numbers …

Operationalizing the operating room: ensuring appropriate surgical care in the era of COVID-19

EC Wick, L Pierce, MC Conte, JA Sosa - Annals of surgery, 2020 - journals.lww.com
Over the past decade, most academic medical centers have experienced increasing
demands for surgical services. In many instances, lack of capacity in the operating rooms …

COVID-19 preoperative assessment and testing: from surge to recovery

AC Lu, CA Schmiesing, M Mahoney, L Cianfichi… - Annals of …, 2020 - journals.lww.com
The COVID-19 pandemic and post-surge planning highlights the significance of
preoperative optimization in a way previously unrecognized in the perioperative period …

[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 …

The COVID trolley dilemma

C Shao - The American Journal of Surgery, 2020 - americanjournalofsurgery.com
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, hospital systems have had to drastically reduce the number
of surgeries being performed, and in many cases eliminate certain procedures altogether …

To a new normal: surgery and COVID-19 during the transition phase

L Cobianchi, L Pugliese, A Peloso, F Dal Mas… - Annals of …, 2020 - journals.lww.com
The SARS-CoV2 (COVID-19) pandemic has been described as a ''black swan'': a rare and
unexpected event of large magnitude whose consequence will likely have a major role in …

Lessons Learned at a COVID-19 designated hospital

JA Edwards, I Breitman… - The American …, 2021 - americanjournalofsurgery.com
The COVID-19 pandemic dramatically changed the daily activities of the Department of
Surgery. All elective surgeries and clinics were canceled per the American College of …

Using health services research to address the unique challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic

RE Patzer, OM Fayanju, RR Kelz - JAMA surgery, 2021 - jamanetwork.com
COVIDSurg Collaborative: Data-Driven Risk Stratification During a Pandemic The need for
timely access to population-specific data is critical to the attainment of optimal surgical …