학술논문
Safety of maintaining elective and emergency surgery during the COVID-19 pandemic with the introduction of a Protected Elective Surgical Unit (PESU): A cross-specialty evaluation of 30-day outcomes in 9,925 patients undergoing surgery in a University Health Board
Document Type
Article
Author
Minto, T; Abdelrahman, T; Jones, L; Wheat, J; Key, T; Shivakumar, N; Ansell, J; Seddon, O; Cronin, A; Tomkinson, A; Theron, A; Trickett, RW; Sagua, N; Sultana, S; Clark, A; McKay, E; Johnson, A; Behera, Karishma; Towler, J; Kynaston, H; Mohamed, A; Blackshaw, G; Thomas, R; Jones, S; Shinkwin, M; Perry, H; Edgbeare, D; Chopra, S; DaSilva, L; Williams, I; Contractor, U; Bell, S; Zaher, S; Stechman, M; Berry, S; Clark, H; Bois, E; Von Oppell, C; Ackerman, L; Ablorsu, E; Horwood, J; Mehta, D; Featherstone, J; Folaranmi, E; Bray, M; Siddall, K; King, E; Phillips, M; Morgan, J; Chopra, I; Evans, D; Whitehouse, K; Leach, P; Thomas, C; Davies, E; Dyer, M; Fox, A; Ireland, E; Meehan, E; Mukit, A; Newell, K; Parry, D; Popham, B; Chapman, C; Botros, H
Source
Surgery Open Science; October 2022, Vol. 10 Issue: 1 p168-173, 6p
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ISSN
25898450
Abstract
The COVID-19 pandemic has caused unprecedented health care challenges mandating surgical service reconfiguration. Within our hospital, emergency and elective streams were separated and self-contained Protected Elective Surgical Units were developed to mitigate against infection-related morbidity. Aims of this study were to determine the risk of COVID-19 transmission and mortality and whether the development of Protected Elective Surgical Units can result in significant reduction in risk.