Article: The effects of COVID-19 pandemic on the provision of urgent surgery: a perspective from the USA.
Journal of surgical case reports
2020 Volume 2020, Issue 4, Page(s) rjaa109
Abstract: Corona virus pandemic has affected all the 50 states in the USA. States such as NY, CA and WA being the most affected. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) website, as of 28 March 2020, the total number of cases in the USA is ...
Abstract | Corona virus pandemic has affected all the 50 states in the USA. States such as NY, CA and WA being the most affected. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) website, as of 28 March 2020, the total number of cases in the USA is over 103 300 and number of deaths to 1668. In the coming weeks, COVID-19 rates are expected to begin skyrocketing and hit a peak in late April/May/June given lessons learned from China, Italy and others. COVID-19 has been declared a pandemic by the World Health Organization (WHO) as confirmed cases approach 575 444 patients with 26 654 deaths across over 160 countries, as of 28 March 2020. There is a lot of impact on management of the urgent and emergent cases. This article highlights the changes that are being made in delivering urgent and emergent surgical care during the pandemic. |
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Keywords | covid19 |
Language | English |
Publishing date | 2020-04-23 |
Publishing country | England |
Document type | Journal Article ; Review |
ISSN | 2042-8812 |
ISSN | 2042-8812 |
DOI | 10.1093/jscr/rjaa109 |
Database | MEDical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System OnLINE |
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