Can we safely continue to offer surgical treatments during the COVID-19 pandemic?

BMJ Quality and Safety

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2021, Pages 268-270

  Fowler, Alex ^a   Abbott, Tom E F ^a   Pearse, Rupert M ^a  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

anaesthesia; infection control; nosocomial infections; surgery

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL CANCER; AMBULATORY SURGERY; CLINICIAN; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; CORONAVIRUS DISEASE 2019; COVID-19 TESTING; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR SURGERY; MORTALITY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OPERATING ROOM PERSONNEL; PATIENT SAFETY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREVALENCE; REVIEW; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UPPER LIMB; DIAGNOSIS; ELECTIVE SURGERY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; UNITED KINGDOM;

COVID-19; ELECTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; PATIENT SAFETY; SARS-COV-2; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 85103208329     PISSN: 20445415     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjqs-2020-012544     Document Type: Review

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