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Chest tubes in COVID-19 times: a safe way to protect the team

Rev Assoc Med Bras (1992); 66 (Suppl 2), 2020
SUMMARY INTRODUCTION What has been published so far regarding safe methods to deal with chest tube insertion during COVID-19. METHODS A descriptive study of the literature available in the Medline/PubMed, Lilacs, Scopus databases and specialized books. The search was carried out using the terms "infe...

The effect of abo and rh blood group antigens on admission to intensive care unit and mortality in patients with COVID-19 infection

Rev Assoc Med Bras (1992); 66 (Suppl 2), 2020
SUMMARY AIM The aim of this study is to analyze the prognostic significance of ABO and Rh blood group antigens along with various parameters in patients followed-up with the diagnosis of COVID-19. METHODS We evaluated 397 patients who were follow-up and treated due to COVID-19 infections. The ages, g...

The role of Angiology and Vascular Surgery in the COVID-19 pandemic

Rev. Col. Bras. Cir; 47 (), 2020
ABSTRACT The New Coronavirus Epidemic (2019-nCoV), discovered in the city of Wuhan, China, in December 2019, presents mainly with pulmonary pneumonia that is preceded by fever, cough and myalgia. However, as the disease spread globally and the number of hospitalizations increased exponentially, it was no...

Elective surgeries in the new normal post-COVID-19 pandemic: to test or do not test?

Rev. Col. Bras. Cir; 47 (), 2020
ABSTRACT The new coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) pandemic has been wreaking havoc all over the planet. In a precautionary measure, populations have been forced and kept under quarantine to contain the outbreak of the COVID-19 disease. The quarantine primary goal is to avoid the overload to the hospitals, which ...

Management of non traumatic surgical emergencies during the COVID-19 pandemia

Rev. Col. Bras. Cir; 47 (), 2020
ABSTRACT In December 2019, in Wuhan, China, the first cases of what would be known as COVID-19, a disease caused by an RNA virus called SARS-CoV-2, were described. Its spread was rapid and wide, leading the World Health Organization to declare a pandemic in March 2020. The disease has distinct clinical p...

Recomendações do Colégio Brasileiro de Cirurgiões para cirurgia videolaparoscópica durante a pandemia por COVID-19

Rev. Col. Bras. Cir; 47 (), 2020
RESUMO Diante do quadro de pandemia da COVID-19, a comunidade cirúrgica enfrenta o possível risco de contágio de profissionais envolvidos no ato operatório; gerando preocupações e dúvidas referentes a escolha da via de acesso mais adequada nesse momento. Com objetivo de orientar os cirurgiões, ba...

Alternativas para o estabelecimento de via aérea cirúrgica durante a pandemia de COVID-19

Rev. Col. Bras. Cir; 47 (), 2020
RESUMO Atualmente médicos e profissionais da saúde encontram-se frente a uma pandemia desafiadora causada por uma nova cepa denominada 2019 Novel Coronavírus (COVID-19). A infecção humana pelo COVID-19 ainda não tem o espectro clínico completamente descrito, bem como não se sabe com precisão o p...

The recommendations of the Brazilian College of Surgeons and the Brazilian Bariatric and Metabolic Surgery Societies on the return of bariatric and metabolic operations in geographic regions of the country where the procedures have been allowed by local policies, in the period of COVID-19 pandemic

Rev. Col. Bras. Cir; 47 (), 2020
ABSTRACT Prioritizing surgical procedures aims at facilitating patient's access according to the clinical needs, maximizing access equity, and minimizing the damage from delayed access. Previous categorization of elective bariatric surgery have been adapted to define an objective prioritizing system that...

Manejo intraoperatório em cirurgia laparoscópica ou robótica para minimizar a dispersão de aerossóis: Adaptações ao contexto da pandemia por COVID-19

Rev. Col. Bras. Cir; 47 (), 2020
RESUMO A infecção pelo coronavírus determinante da doença COVID-19, também conhecida como SARS-COV2 foi classificada nos últimos meses como pandemia. Essa é potencialmente fatal, representando enorme problema de saúde mundial. A disseminação, após provável origem zoonótica na cidade de Wuhan...