General thoracic surgery services across Asia during the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic

The COVID-19 pandemic of 2020 posed an historic challenge to healthcare systems around the world. Besides mounting a massive response to the viral outbreak, healthcare systems needed to consider provision of clinical services to other patients in need. Surgical services for patients with thoracic disease were maintained to different degrees across various regions of Asia, ranging from significant reductions to near-normal service. Key determinants of robust thoracic surgery service provision included: preexisting plans for an epidemic response, aggressive early action to "flatten the curve", ability to dedicate resources separately to COVID-19 and routine clinical services, prioritization of thoracic surgery, and the volume of COVID-19 cases in that region. The lessons learned can apply to other regions during this pandemic, and to the world, in preparation for the next one.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2020

Erschienen:

2020

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:28

Enthalten in:

Asian cardiovascular & thoracic annals - 28(2020), 5 vom: 11. Juni, Seite 243-249

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Jheon, Sanghoon [VerfasserIn]
Ahmed, Aneez Db [VerfasserIn]
Fang, Vincent Wt [VerfasserIn]
Jung, Woohyun [VerfasserIn]
Khan, Ali Zamir [VerfasserIn]
Lee, Jang-Ming [VerfasserIn]
Nakajima, Jun [VerfasserIn]
Sihoe, Alan Dl [VerfasserIn]
Thongcharoen, Punnarerk [VerfasserIn]
Tsuboi, Masahiro [VerfasserIn]
Turna, Akif [VerfasserIn]

Links:

Volltext

Themen:

COVID-19
Coronavirus
Delivery of health care
Journal Article
Lung cancer
Pandemics
Review
Thoracic surgery

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 29.06.2020

Date Revised 31.03.2024

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1177/0218492320926886

funding:

Förderinstitution / Projekttitel:

PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM309794439