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What Do We Know About COVID-19?: Maxillofacial Surgeons Survey.
Costa, Samuel Macedo; Lacerda, Guilherme Toledo de; Villafort, Rayssa Nunes; Silveira, Roger Lanes; Amaral, Marcio Bruno Figueiredo.
  • Costa SM; Residency Program of the Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Hospital João XXIII/FHEMIG.
  • Lacerda GT; Residency Program of the Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Hospital João XXIII/FHEMIG.
  • Villafort RN; Residency Program of the Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Hospital João XXIII/FHEMIG.
  • Silveira RL; Residency Program of the Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Hospital João XXIII/FHEMIG.
  • Amaral MBF; Otorhinolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery Service, Santa Casa, Belo Horizonte, Brazil.
J Craniofac Surg ; 31(6): e661-e663, 2020 Sep.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-760077
ABSTRACT
Coronavírus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a virus of mass dissemination, with an impact on international public health, leading to hospitalizations and death. The main symptoms of COVID-19 are fever, fatigue, dry cough; however, myalgia and dyspnea and the transmission routes include direct transmission by cough, sneeze, droplet inhalation, or contact transmission with the oral, nasal, or eye mucous membranes. The dental professionals are the main risk group to COVID-19 due to the transmission routes that are directly related to the dental practice. In addition, the oral and maxillofacial surgeons (OMFS) are even more exposed, due to increased contact with the population in hospitals and emergency services. OMFS should be able to identify a suspected case of COVID-19, its symptoms, risk groups, disease severity, laboratorial and computed tomography alterations, and treatment guidelines. In the present study, the authors performed a nationwide survey with Brazilian OMFS to evaluate the knowledge of these professionals about the pandemic status of the COVID-19. A total of 142 OMFS replied the survey and the results brings light to an incomparable health public problem that the OMFS in Brazil are no able to protect itself, diagnose the suspicious and probable cases, request and interpret the correct laboratorial examinations for the treatment of the COVID-19 patients.
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Full text: Available Collection: International databases Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Pneumonia, Viral / Coronavirus Infections / Pandemics / Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons / Betacoronavirus Type of study: Experimental Studies / Observational study / Prognostic study / Randomized controlled trials Limits: Humans Country/Region as subject: South America / Brazil Language: English Journal: J Craniofac Surg Journal subject: Dentistry Year: 2020 Document Type: Article

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Full text: Available Collection: International databases Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Pneumonia, Viral / Coronavirus Infections / Pandemics / Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons / Betacoronavirus Type of study: Experimental Studies / Observational study / Prognostic study / Randomized controlled trials Limits: Humans Country/Region as subject: South America / Brazil Language: English Journal: J Craniofac Surg Journal subject: Dentistry Year: 2020 Document Type: Article