Article ; Online: Early vascular surgery response to the COVID-19 pandemic: Results of a nationwide survey.
2020 Volume 73, Issue 2, Page(s) 372–380
Abstract: ... question online survey regarding the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on vascular surgeons' current practice ... response to the COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in reduced elective cases, with primarily only urgent and ... numbers (all other states).: Results: A total of 121 vascular surgeons responded (30.6%) to the survey ...
| Abstract | Objective: The COVID-19 pandemic has had major implications for the United States health care system. This survey study sought to identify practice changes, to understand current personal protective equipment (PPE) use, and to determine how caring for patients with COVID-19 differs for vascular surgeons practicing in states with high COVID-19 case numbers vs in states with low case numbers. Methods: A 14-question online survey regarding the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on vascular surgeons' current practice was sent to 365 vascular surgeons across the country through REDCap from April 14 to April 21, 2020, with responses closed on April 23, 2020. The survey response was analyzed with descriptive statistics. Further analyses were performed to evaluate whether responses from states with the highest number of COVID-19 cases (New York, New Jersey, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, and California) differed from those with lower case numbers (all other states). Results: A total of 121 vascular surgeons responded (30.6%) to the survey. All high-volume states were represented. The majority of vascular surgeons are reusing PPE. The majority of respondents worked in an academic setting (81.5%) and were performing only urgent and emergent cases (80.5%) during preparation for the surge. This did not differ between states with high and low COVID-19 case volumes (P = .285). States with high case volume were less likely to perform a lower extremity intervention for critical limb ischemia (60.8% vs 77.5%; P = .046), but otherwise case types did not differ. Most attending vascular surgeons worked with residents (90.8%) and limited their exposure to procedures on suspected or confirmed COVID-19 cases (56.0%). Thirty-eight percent of attending vascular surgeons have been redeployed within the hospital to a vascular access service or other service outside of vascular surgery. This was more frequent in states with high case volume compared with low case volume (P = .039). The majority of vascular surgeons are reusing PPE (71.4%) and N95 masks (86.4%), and 21% of vascular surgeons think that they do not have adequate PPE to perform their clinical duties. Conclusions: The initial response to the COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in reduced elective cases, with primarily only urgent and emergent cases being performed. A minority of vascular surgeons have been redeployed outside of their specialty; however, this is more common among states with high case numbers. Adequate PPE remains an issue for almost a quarter of vascular surgeons who responded to this survey. |
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| MeSH term(s) | COVID-19/diagnosis ; COVID-19/epidemiology ; Elective Surgical Procedures/standards ; Elective Surgical Procedures/statistics & numerical data ; Health Care Surveys ; Humans ; Internet ; Pandemics/statistics & numerical data ; Patient Care/standards ; Patient Care/statistics & numerical data ; Personal Protective Equipment/statistics & numerical data ; Practice Patterns, Physicians'/standards ; Practice Patterns, Physicians'/statistics & numerical data ; Professional Practice/standards ; Professional Practice/statistics & numerical data ; SARS-CoV-2 ; Thoracic Surgery/standards ; Thoracic Surgery/statistics & numerical data ; United States/epidemiology ; Vascular Surgical Procedures/standards ; Vascular Surgical Procedures/statistics & numerical data |
| Keywords | covid19 |
| Language | English |
| Publishing date | 2020-05-23 |
| Publishing country | United States |
| Document type | Journal Article |
| ZDB-ID | 605700-7 |
| ISSN | 1097-6809 ; 0741-5214 |
| ISSN (online) | 1097-6809 |
| ISSN | 0741-5214 |
| DOI | 10.1016/j.jvs.2020.05.032 |
| Database | MEDical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System OnLINE |
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