General thoracic surgery services across Asia during the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic
| Autor: | Sanghoon Jheon, Woohyun Jung, Akif Turna, Ali Zamir Khan, Alan D.L. Sihoe, Jang-Ming Lee, Aneez D.B. Ahmed, Masahiro Tsuboi, Jun Nakajima, Vincent W. T. Fang, Punnarerk Thongcharoen |
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| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine
Prioritization medicine.medical_specialty General thoracic surgery Asia Lung Neoplasms Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) Thoracic disease Pneumonia Viral Comorbidity pandemics 030204 cardiovascular system & hematology Betacoronavirus 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Thoracic Diseases Pandemic Humans Medicine Service (business) SARS-CoV-2 business.industry delivery of health care COVID-19 General Medicine Thoracic Surgical Procedures medicine.disease thoracic surgery Coronavirus lung cancer 030228 respiratory system Cardiothoracic surgery Original Article Surgery Medical emergency Coronavirus Infections Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine business Healthcare system |
| Zdroj: | Asian Cardiovascular & Thoracic Annals |
| ISSN: | 1816-5370 0218-4923 |
| Popis: | The COVID-19 pandemic of 2020 posed an historic challenge to healthcare systems around the world. Besides mounting a massive response to the viral outbreak, healthcare systems needed to consider provision of clinical services to other patients in need. Surgical services for patients with thoracic disease were maintained to different degrees across various regions of Asia, ranging from significant reductions to near-normal service. Key determinants of robust thoracic surgery service provision included: preexisting plans for an epidemic response, aggressive early action to “flatten the curve”, ability to dedicate resources separately to COVID-19 and routine clinical services, prioritization of thoracic surgery, and the volume of COVID-19 cases in that region. The lessons learned can apply to other regions during this pandemic, and to the world, in preparation for the next one. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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