Surviving the COVID-19 Pandemic : Surge Capacity Planning for Nonemergent Surgery

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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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2020

Erschienen:

2020

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:146

Enthalten in:

Plastic and reconstructive surgery - 146(2020), 2 vom: 01. Aug., Seite 437-446

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Squitieri, Lee [VerfasserIn]
Chung, Kevin C [VerfasserIn]

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Date Completed 10.08.2020

Date Revised 07.12.2022

published: Print

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1097/PRS.0000000000007075

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM313159807