Global guidance for surgical care during the COVID-19 pandemic

British Journal of Surgery

Volumn 107, Issue 9, 2020, Pages 1097-1103

  Bhangu, Aneel ^a   Lawani, Ismail ^a   Ng Kamstra, Joshua S ^a   Wang, Yanfeng ^a   Chan, Albert ^a   Futaba, Kaori ^a   Ng, Simon ^a   Ebele, Emery ^a   Lederhuber, Hans ^a   Tabiri, Stephen ^a   Ghosh, Dhruv ^a   Gallo, Gaetano ^a   Pata, Francesco ^a   Di Saverio, Salomone ^a   Spinelli, Antonino ^a   la Medina, Antonio Ramos De ^a   Ademuyiwa, Adesoji O ^a   Akinbode, Gbemisola ^a   Ingabire, JC Allen ^a   Ntirenganya, Faustin ^a   Kamara, Thaim B ^a   Goh, Minghui ^a   Moore, Rachel ^a   Kim, Hye Jin ^a   Lee, Suk Hwan ^a   Minaya Bravo, Ana ^a   Abbott, Tom ^a   Chakrabortee, Sohini ^a   Denning, Max ^a   Fitzgerald, J Edward ^a   Glasbey, James ^a   Griffiths, Ewen ^a   Halkias, Constantine ^a   Harrison, Ewen M ^a   Jones, Conor S ^a   Kinross, James ^a   Lawday, Samuel ^a   Li, Elizabeth ^a   Markar, Sheraz ^a   Morton, Dion G ^a   Nepogodiev, Dmitri ^a   Pinkney, Thomas D ^a   Simoes, Joana ^a   Warren, Oliver ^a   Wong, Danny JN ^a   Bankhead Kendall, Brittany ^a   Breen, Kerry A ^a   Davidson, Giana H ^a   Kaafarani, Haytham ^a   Keller, Deborah S ^a   Mazingi, Dennis ^a   Kamarajah, Sivesh K ^a   Blackwell, Sue ^a   Dames, Nicola ^a   more..

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CORONAVIRUS DISEASE 2019; CROSS INFECTION; ELECTIVE SURGERY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY SURGERY; ENDOSCOPY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTERVIEW; MESENTERIC ISCHEMIA; PANDEMIC; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; CORONAVIRUS INFECTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; SURGERY; VIRUS PNEUMONIA;

CORONAVIRUS INFECTIONS; CROSS INFECTION; HUMANS; PANDEMICS; PNEUMONIA, VIRAL; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE;

EID: 85083423534     PISSN: 00071323     EISSN: 13652168     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bjs.11646     Document Type: Review

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