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. 2020 Oct;98(8):433-441.
doi: 10.1016/j.ciresp.2020.04.031. Epub 2020 Apr 29.

[Emergency Surgery and Trauma Care During COVID-19 Pandemic. Recommendations of the Spanish Association of Surgeons]

[Article in Spanish]
José Manuel Aranda-Narváez  1 , Luis Tallón-Aguilar  2 , Felipe Pareja-Ciuró  2 , Gonzalo Martín-Martín  3 , Antonio Jesús González-Sánchez  4 , Ignacio Rey-Simó  5 , Gonzalo Tamayo-Medel  6 , Carlos Yánez-Benítez  7 , David Costa-Navarro  8 , Soledad Montón-Condón  9 , Salvador Navarro-Soto  10 , Fernando Turégano-Fuentes  11 , María Dolores Pérez-Díaz  11 , José Ceballos-Esparragón  12 , José María Jover-Navalón  13 , José María Balibrea  14 , Salvador Morales-Conde  2
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[Emergency Surgery and Trauma Care During COVID-19 Pandemic. Recommendations of the Spanish Association of Surgeons]

[Article in Spanish]
José Manuel Aranda-Narváez et al. Cir Esp (Engl Ed). 2020 Oct.

Abstract

New coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 infection (coronavirus disease 2019 [COVID-19]) has determined the necessity of reorganization in many centers all over the world. Spain, as an epicenter of the disease, has been forced to assume health policy changes in all the territory. However, and from the beginning of the pandemic, every center attending surgical urgencies had to guarantee the continuous coverage adopting correct measures to maintain the excellence of quality of care. This document resumes general guidelines for emergency surgery and trauma care, obtained from the available bibliography and evaluated by a subgroup of professionals designated from the general group of investigators Cirugía-AEC-COVID-19 from the Spanish Association of Surgeons, directed to minimize professional exposure, to contemplate pandemic implications over different urgent perioperative scenarios and to adjust decision making to the occupational pressure caused by COVID-19 patients.

Keywords: COVID-19; Emergency; SARS-CoV-2; Surgery; Trauma care.

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Evolution of viral load and serological profile of SARS-CoV-2 infection.
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Interpretation of the different screening tests according to the stage of SARS-CoV-2 infection.
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