Surgical Interventions in Patients Hospitalised with COVID-19. A Review of Seven Months of Experience Working in a COVID-19 Dedicated Centre
| Autor: | Michał Nowakowski, Bryan Donohue, Justyna Rymarowicz, Michał Pędziwiatr, Piotr Major, Karol Ciszek |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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Telemedicine
medicine.medical_specialty Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) COVID-19 pandemic lcsh:Medicine Article 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine surgical interventions Pandemic medicine In patient 030212 general & internal medicine surgical care surgical consultations business.industry SARS-CoV-2 Surgical care General surgery lcsh:R General Medicine medicine.disease Pneumonia 030220 oncology & carcinogenesis telemedicine business Surgical interventions Surgical Specialty |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Clinical Medicine, Vol 10, Iss 395, p 395 (2021) Journal of Clinical Medicine Volume 10 Issue 3 |
| ISSN: | 2077-0383 |
| Popis: | The Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has made changes to the traditional way of performing surgical consultations. The aim of the present study was to assess the need for surgical care performed by various surgical specialties among patients infected with COVID-19 hospitalized in a COVID-19 dedicated hospital. All surgical consultations performed for patients infected with COVID-19 in a COVID dedicated hospital in a seven month period were evaluated. Data on demographics, surgical specialty, consult reason, procedure performed, and whether it was a standard face to face or teleconsultation were gathered. Out of 2359 COVID-19 patients admitted to the hospital in the seven month period, 229 (9.7%) required surgical care. Out of those 108 consultations that did not lead to surgery, 71% were managed by telemedicine. A total of 36 patients were operated on while suffering from COVID-19. Out of them, only three patients admitted primarily for COVID-19 pneumonia underwent emergency surgery. The overall mortality among those operated on was 16.7%. Conclusions: Patients hospitalised with COVID-19 may require surgical care from various surgical specialties, especially during peaks of the pandemic. However, they rarely require a surgical procedure and only occasionally require major surgery. A significant portion of potentially surgical problems could be managed by teleconsultations. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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