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. 2021 Mar 31;34(4):305-311.
doi: 10.20344/amp.15480. Epub 2021 Apr 1.

[How to Resume Elective Orthopaedic Surgical Procedures during the COVID-19 Pandemic?]

[Article in Portuguese]
Nuno Diogo  1 , António Miranda  2 , António Ruano  3 , Eduardo Mendes  4 , Francisco Mendes  5 , José Montes  6 , Jorge Alves  7 , Isabel Rosa  8 , Nuno Alegrete  9 , Nuno Neves  10 , Paulo Lourenço  11 , Paulo Felicíssimo  12 , Pedro Sá Cardoso  13 , André Gomes  14
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[How to Resume Elective Orthopaedic Surgical Procedures during the COVID-19 Pandemic?]

[Article in Portuguese]
Nuno Diogo et al. Acta Med Port. .
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Abstract
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This document was prepared by the College of Orthopedics of the Portuguese Medical Association with the aim of developing the guidelines on the resumption of elective surgical activity in Orthopedics during the COVID-19 pandemic. It sets the criteria that allow the prioritization of surgeries according to the severity of the clinical situation, based on existing and published classifications. Moreover, it provides an organizational model for patient preparation and describes the patient pathways in the preoperative, intraoperative and postoperative periods. It also describes safety rules for elective surgery and a model for monitoring patients after discharge according to scientific evidence.

Este documento foi elaborado pelo Colégio de Ortopedia da Ordem dos Médicos com o objetivo de estabelecer as orientações sobre a retoma da atividade cirúrgica programada em Ortopedia durante a pandemia COVID-19. As presentes normas de orientação: a) definem os critérios que permitem a priorização das cirurgias de acordo com a gravidade da situação clínica, com base em classificações existentes e publicadas; b) fornecem um modelo de organização para a preparação dos doentes, descrevendo os circuitos do doente nos períodos pré-operatório, intraoperatório e pós-operatório; c) realçam as regras de segurança para a realização de cirurgias e desenham um modelo de acompanhamento após a alta de acordo com a evidência científica.

Keywords: COVID-19; Elective Surgical Procedures; Orthopedic Procedures; Pandemics.

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