A Review of State Guidelines for Elective Orthopaedic Procedures During the COVID-19 Outbreak

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery

Volumn 102, Issue 11, 2020, Pages 942-945

  Sarac, Nikolas J ^a   Sarac, Benjamin A ^a   Schoenbrunner, Anna R ^b   Janis, Jeffrey E ^b   Harrison, Ryan K ^b   Phieffer, Laura S ^b   Quatman, Carmen E ^b   Ly, Thuan V ^b  

^a THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CLINICAL TRIAL; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; CORONAVIRUS DISEASE 2019; CORONAVIRUS INFECTION; ELECTIVE SURGERY; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HUMAN; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; MALE; MANAGEMENT; MULTICENTER STUDY; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; PANDEMIC; PATIENT SAFETY; PATIENT SELECTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME CORONAVIRUS 2; UNITED STATES; VIRUS PNEUMONIA;

COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; CORONAVIRUS INFECTIONS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ELECTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT, HEALTH CARE; PANDEMICS; PATIENT SAFETY; PATIENT SELECTION; PNEUMONIA, VIRAL; POLICY MAKING; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; STATE HEALTH PLANS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 85085962882     PISSN: 00219355     EISSN: 15351386     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2106/JBJS.20.00510     Document Type: Review

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