Surviving the COVID-19 Pandemic: Surge Capacity Planning for Nonemergent Surgery.
Plast Reconstr Surg
; 146(2): 437-446, 2020 08.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-692689
ABSTRACT
The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has confronted the U.S. health care system with unprecedented challenges amidst a tenuous economic environment. As inpatient hospitals across the country prepare for an overwhelming influx of highly contagious COVID-19 cases, many nonemergent procedures have been cancelled or indefinitely postponed without guidance regarding eventual safe accommodation of these procedures in the future. Given the potentially prolonged impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on health care use, it is imperative for plastic surgeons to collaborate with other medical and surgical specialties to develop surge capacity protocols that allow continuation of safe, high-quality, nonemergent procedures. The purpose of this article is to provide necessary and timely public health information relevant to plastic surgery and also share a conceptual framework to guide surge capacity protocols for nonemergent surgery.
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International databases
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Pneumonia, Viral
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Regional Health Planning
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Surgery, Plastic
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Coronavirus Infections
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Surge Capacity
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Pandemics
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Betacoronavirus
Type of study:
Observational study
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Prognostic study
Limits:
Humans
Country/Region as subject:
North America
Language:
English
Journal:
Plast Reconstr Surg
Year:
2020
Document Type:
Article
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